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PART I. 


Siwalik Mammalia— (Supplement I). 


1 NTR0 DU CTORY .... 

Tlie Parnates . . , 

Family Simiidas 

Troglodytes sivalensis 
Simia, sp. . . 

Family Ccrecpitheeidce 

Semnopithecus palaeindicus 
Macacus sivalensis 
Cynocephalus sub-himalayanus 
„ falcon eri 

The Antelopes 

Oivas (?) latidens 
Strepsioeros (?) falconeri 
ldcselaphus, sp. . 

Palmoryx . 

Hippotragos sivalensis 
Gazella porrecticornis 
„ sp. 

Cobus (?) palseidicus 
„ patulicornis 
Genus non. det. 

Alcelaphus palaeindicus 
The Genus Merycopotamus 
Mesycopotamus dissimilis 
„ nanus 

„ pusillus 

Addendum with part II . 

Genus, letraoeros, Leach 

„ Daviesi, n. sp 

Postscript 


nobis 


Introductory Observations 
Mamma’ ia . . 

Semnopithecus entellus 
Cynocephalus, sp. 

Felis tigi is (.or ? leo) 
paidus 

Cbaus . . 

rubiginosa . 
Hyiena ciocula . . 

"Viverra kavnuliensis . 

Prionodon. sp. 

Herpestes griseus . 
fusous 

Ursus labiatus 
Sorex, sp. 

Taphozous saccolsemus . 

Phyliorhina diadema . 

Sciutus macrurus . 

Gerbillus indicus 


PART II 


The Fauna of the Kabnul Cates. 




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Nesokia bandicoots 
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Mus mettada 

platythrix . 
sp. 

Golunda ellioti . 
Hystrix crassidens . 
Atherura karnnliensis 
Lepus [cf. nigricollis) 
Eqtius asinus 
ap. a 

Rhinoceros karnnliensis 
Bos, or Bubaius.sp. 
Boselaphus tragooamelus 
Genus, non. det. . 
Gazella benneiti . 
Antilope cervicapra 
Tertraceros quadricornis 
Cervus aristotelis 
axis 

Cervulu8 mnntjac 
Tragulus {cf. meminna) 
Sus cristatus . . 

karnuliensis 
Manis gigantea 
Aves .... 
Neophron percnopterus 
? Milvui, or Circus, sp. 
Ketupa ceylonensis 
Bubo coiomandus . 
Francolinus pictus . 

pondicerianu 
Grus \cf. communis) 

Ibis melanocephala 
Reptilia . . . 

Crocodilus, sp. . 
Varanus dracaena . 
Python molurus . 

Naia tripudians . 
Ptyas mucosus 
Amphibia . 

Bufo melanostictus . 
Mollusca . . . 

Addendum . . 

Herpestes nipalensis 
List of the Fauna . 


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Eocene Chelonia fkom the Salt-Range 


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Family Carettochelydidaa . 

Genus Hemichelys, nobit. 6 . 

„ warthi, nobis. 1 

Family Chelydidae 

Genus Podocoemis, Wagler 6 . 

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Introductory . . . . . . . i 

The Primates 

Family Simiid» „ 

Troglodytes sivalensis ,, 

Simia, sp. ........ 4 

Family Cercopithecidse ,, 

Semnopithecus palaeindicus ..... 5 

Macacus sivalensis . . . . . . ,, 

Cynocephalus subhimalayanus .... 6 

,, falconeri 7 

The Antelopes 

Oreas (?) latidcns ....... 8 

Strepsiceros (?) falconeri ,, 


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Boselaphus, sp. . . .... 9 

Pakeoryx . . 10 

Hippo tragus sivalensis. . . . . . .11 

Gazella porrecticomis . . . . . „ 

.. sp 12 

Cobus (?) palseindicus „ 

,, patulicomis 14 

Genus non. det. 

Alcelaphus palajindicus ,, 

The Genus Merycopotamus . . . . . .16 

Merycopotamus dissimilis . . . . . . ,, 

, , nanus . . . . . .17 

, , pusillus . . . . . .18 




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INTRODUCTORY. 

The present memoir contains descriptions and figures of the remains of three 
groups of Siwalik Mammals, which have either not been fully treated of in the 
preceding volumes of this work, or in which new species have been founded since 
such descriptions were written. 

The three groups here treated of comprise the Primates, the Antelopes, and 
the genus Merycopotamus. The first two groups u are of especial interest in regard to 
distributional zoology on account of their containing a large number of forms either 
definitely or provisionally referred to genera now characteristic of the Ethiopian 
region, 1 'which have not been hitherto found in the tertiaries of Europe. In the 
case of some of the fossil antelopes where the generic reference is provisional it is 
quite clear that these - species have no affinity to the numerically small antelopine 
fauna of modern India, and if they be not really generically identical with the 
Ethiopian forms with which they are grouped, they are evidently very closely 
allied, and probably indicate the source whence such genera took their origin. In 
other instances, however, there can be no doubt as to the generic identity of the 
Siwalik and Ethiopian forms . 2 It may be observed that since the Pikermi beds 
have yielded certain antelopes ( Palceoreas and Proiragelaphus ) allied to existing 
Ethiopian forms, it may be inferred that the ancestors of a considerable part of the 
existing Ethiopian fauna ranged over a large area of the Euro-Asiatic continent, 
but as none of the Pikermi antelopes (excepting the widely distributed Gazella) have 

1 Some of the existing baboons and antelopes of the Ethiopian also enter the adjacent parts of the Palsearetic region. 

2 In regard to the migration of Pliocene Siwalik genera into Africa see ‘ Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc.’ vol. XLII. p. 175 (1886). 

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been generically identified with existing African forms, while Troglodytes , Gyno- 
cephalus and Struthio are unknown from those deposits, the affinity of the fauna of 
Africa to that of the Pikermi beds does not appear to be so close as it does to that 
of the Siwaliks. The genus Merycopotamus needs no introductory comment. 

I. THE PRIMATES. 

Family I. SIMIIDJD. 

Genus I. TROGLODYTES, E. Geoffroy. 1 

Dentition. — The upper dentition of the existing representative of this genus is 
characterized by the small size of m. 3 and the relative shortness of the antero- 
posterior diameter of the upper premolars, in both of which respects it differs 
markedly from Gorilla and Simla and approximates to man. The Siwalik representa- 
tive was formerly referred to a distinct genus under the name of Palceopithecus . 2 

Species. Troglodytes sivalensis, nobis . 3 

Syn. Palceopithecus sivalensis, nobis . 4 

History. — The palate on which this species is founded was collected in 1878 by 
Mr. Theobald near Jabi in the Punjab, and has been already described and figured 
in the paper cited. 

Palate. — The type palate is represented in pi. I. figs. 1, la; on the right side 
the canine and the last four cheek-teeth are preserved, while pm. 3 and the outer 
incisor are shown by their broken bases : the summit of the canine and the postero- 
external angle of m. 2 have been broken off, and the centre of the crown of the latter 
has been affected by decay during the life of the animal. On the left side m. 2 is in 
a perfect condition, but the crowns of m. 1 and m. 3 are broken off. All the teeth are 
partially worn. It was originally considered that the specimen belonged to a 
female, but a comparison with skulls of the Chimpanzee (in which the canine is 
relatively smaller than in the Orang and Gorilla) indicates that it should rather be 
referred to a male. 6 

That the affinity of the specimen is with the larger Simiidce is self-apparent. 
The two series of cheek-teeth have a slight convergence anteriorly, in which respect 
they differ from Gorilla, Simla, and Troglodytes niger (in which the inclination is in 
the opposite direction), and agree with Hylobates. The outer border of the pre- 
molars is placed somewhat internally to that of the true molars, while the corre- 
sponding border of m. 2 is placed externally to that of m. 1 and m. 3 , in both of 
which features the specimen differs from Gorilla 7 and Simia 8 and agrees with Troglo- 
dytes niger 8 although in the excessive development of these features it is still closer 

1 ‘ Ann du Museum.’ vol. XIX. p. 87 (1812). 

2 ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XII. p. 33 (1879). The writer then followed Owen’s arrangement of including Gorilla in 

Troglodytes. 3 ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XII. p. 33 (1879). — Palceopithecus. < Loc. cit. 

6 In the original figure (plate facing p. 52 fig. 5) the two fragments of the specimen were not put in apposition. 

6 In the small size of its canine the male Chimpanzee resembles the female Orang. 

1 Compare Owen ‘ Trans. Zool. Soc.’ vol. IV. pi. XXVI. 8 Ibid. pi. C T .X V. 

9 Owen “ Odontography” pi. CXVIII. fig. 1. 


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to Ihjlobates} The true molars differ from those of Simla by the simple structure 
of the cusps and the absence of the rugosities on the crown surface, as well as 
by the small size of m . - and are also widely different from those of Gorilla in which 
m - 3 is much larger than either of the other two molars ; the premolars are also of 
very different form from the corresponding teeth of those genera. Compared with 
Troglodytes the fossil agrees in the form of the cusps of the true molars, in the 
relatively small size of m. 3 and the slight development of its posterior cusps and the 
oblique connecting ridge, 2 as well as in the presence of an indistinct cingulum on the 
internal surfaces of these teeth 3 ; the relatively small antero-posterior diameter of 
the premolars and the larger size of their external as compared with their internal 
cusps are also features characteristic of Troglodytes , 4 In some specimens of T. niger 
the antero-posterior diameter of the premolars is relatively greater than in the fossil 
but in others 5 it is very nearly the same. The canine agrees precisely with that of 
the male T. niger? The outer (and therefore probably the inner) incisor is relatively 
narrower than in the latter, and the diastema is thus somewhat larger, but this need 
not be more than a specific difference. In absolute size the fossil is rather larger 
than the male T. niger 7 ; its dimensions in inches being as follows : 


Interval between outer borders of second molars . . ■ . 



y y y y inner 9J fy ... 

. 

1-5 

Antero-posterior diameter of base of outer incisor 


0-3 

Transverse ,, ,, . 

. 

0-19 

Antero-posterior diameter of canine 


0-53 

Transverse ,, ,,..... 


0-51 

Length of series of cheek-teeth ..... 



Antero-posterior diameter of pm. 3 (broken) 


0-3 

Transverse • ,, ,, 


0-5 

Antero-posterior diameter of pm. 4 .... 



Transverse ,, ,, 


0-35 

Antero-posterior diameter of m. 1 



Transverse ,, ,, ..... 



Antero-posterior diameter of m. 2 


. . 0*5 

Transverse ,, ,, 



Antero-posterior diameter of m. 3 


0-41 

Transverse ,, >>••••• 


0-46 


Affinities. — The above comparisons shew that the specimen under consideration 
indicates an ape generically distinct from both Gorilla and Simla , but so close to 
Troglodytes as to leave little doubt of its identity — an identity rendered the more 
probable by the occurence of Gynocephalus in the same region. In those respects in 
which the Siwalik Troglodytes differs from the existing African species it shows 
in a still more marked degree the approach to the human type of dentition 
presented by the latter, and serves, in a small degree, to bind still closer the 
connection between the Simiulce and the ITominidce. In the inclination of the two 

1 The fossil is distinguished from this genus not only by its superior size, but by the relatively narrower premolars. 

2 See Owen “ Odontography,” p. 446. 3 Owen “Anatomy of Vertebrates,” vol. II. p. 320. 

4 Owen “ Odontography,” p. 446. 5 Compare Blainville “ Osteographie,” Genus Pithecus. pi. V. 

6 Owen. op. cit. p. 445. 7 The length of the three molars of the fossil is 131, the corresponding length in a 

male T. niger being 1*2. 


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series of cheek-teeth and the relative lateral position of the premolars to the true 
molars the genus Hylobates makes an approach to the human type which is wanting 
in all the larger existing Simiidce , and it is very noteworthy to find a similar relation 
obtaining in the Siwalik Troglodytes , accompanied by a more human-like structure of 
the upper premolars. 1 

The occurrence of Troglodytes and Simla in the Siwaliks and the existence of 
the latter in Borneo and Sumatra indicates that the later ancestral home of the 
larger existing Simiidce was probably in the Oriental region, although in earlier times 
the family ranged over Southern Europe ; and it is a very significant fact from an 
evolutionary point of view that the Siwalik Troglodytes appears to be more specialized 
than any of its existing allies. 

The existence of large apes in the Siwaliks of the Punjab indicates that the 
physical condition of . that region in the pliocene epoch must have been widely 
different from that obtaining at the present day. 

Genus II. SIMIA, Linn. 2 

Distribution. — The genus is now confined to Borneo and Sumatra. Remains of 
the existing species are found in a subfossil condition in the caves of the latter 
island, but, with the exception of the Siwalik form, no fossil species have been 
described. 

Simia, sp. 

History. — The first notice of this form was published in 1837 by Falconer and 
Cautley, 3 and later notes by Falconer and Prinsep 4 indicated its close affinity to 
Simia satyrus. The present writer 5 when describing the Siwalik Troglodytes as 
Palceopithccus regarded the type specimen of the present form as belonging to a male 
of the Punjab ape. 

Tipper canine. — The one known specimen of this form is a worn left upper 
canine, 6 which was obtained from the Siwalik Hills, but is now unfortunately lost. 
It is fully equal in size to the corresponding tooth of a large male S. satyrus , the 
resemblance being stated to be so close that it was impossible to distinguish between 
the two. There is therefore every probability that the specimen indicates the 
existence of a Siwalik species of Simia. 

Family II. CERCOPITHEOID M 
Genus I. SEMNOPITHECUS, F. Cuvier. 7 

Distribution. — The genus is at the present day characteristic of the forest regions 
of the whole Oriental region ; and was represented by S. monspessulanus , Gervais, 
in the lower pliocene of Montpellier (H^rault) and Casino (Tuscany.) 8 

1 The human cranium with the most ape-like palate is the one figured by O. Thomas in the ‘ Journ. Anthrop. Inst.’ 
vol. XIV. pi. XIV. (1885). 2 “Syst. Nat.” ed. 12. vol. I. p. 34 (1766). 

3 1 Journ. As. Soc. Beng.’ vol. VI. p. 359. pi. XVIII. fig. C. 

4 “ Palaeontological Memoirs,” vol. I. pp. 304-307. fig. 11 ; vol. II. p. 578. 

5 ‘ Bee. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XII. p. 38 (1879). 6 “ Palaeontological Memoirs,” vol. I. p. 304. fig. 11. 

7 “ Hist. Nat. d. Mammiferes ” (1821). Semnopitheque. 8 See Major ‘ Atti. Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat.’ vol. I. p. 224 (1876). 


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Species. Semnopithecus pal^eindicus, nobis. 1 

History . — The history of the specimens referred to this species (which were all 
obtained from the typical Siwalik Hills) is given in the u Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. 
Mus.” pt. I. pp. 2, 3. 

Mandible . — The type specimen is figured in pi. I. fig. 7, and consists of part of 
the hinder portion of the right ramus of the mandible showing the last four cheek- 
teeth in a half-worn condition ; the right ramus of the mandible of a large male of 
S. schistaceus (Hodgson) being represented in fig. 6. A comparison of these two 
figures shows such an extremely close resemblance as to indicate that the two 
specimens are generically identical. 2 The absolute size of the teeth is the same in 
the recent and fossil jaws, and both exhibit a large hind talon to mT3. 3 The fossil 
jaw is, however, readily distinguished from the mandible of 8. schistaceus and the 
rather smaller 8. entellus by the inferior vertical depth of the ramus. 4 

Other specimens . — Another fragment of a right mandibular ramus and a right 
astragalus are provisionally referred to this species in the “ Cat. Foss. Mainm. 
Brit. Mus.” pt. I. 

Affinities . — The specific distinctness of this form from 8. schistaceus and S. 
entellus indicates that it is equally distinct from all the other existing species, 
none of which attain the size of the former ; the fossil 8. monspessulanus is also of 
considerably smaller dimensions. That S. palceindicus may have been the ancestor 
of 8. schistaceus is highly probable. 

Genus II. MACACUS, Cuv. and Geoffroy. 5 

Distribution. — The genus is now spread over the whole of the Oriental region, 
and also occurs in north Africa, Gibraltar, Tibet, north China, and Japan. If the 
generic determination of M. pliocenus , Owen, 6 be correct the genus occurred in the 
pleistocene of England, and it was represented in the upper pliocene of the Val 
d’Arno by M. florentinus ) Cocchi, and M. ausonius, Major, 7 and in the lower pliocene 
of Montpellier and Casino 8 by M. priscus, Gervais. 

Species. Macacus sivalensis, nobis. 9 

History . — This species is founded on two fragments of maxillae obtained in 1877 
by Mr. Theobald, from the Siwaliks of the Punjab, which have been previously 
described and figured in the ‘ Records.’ 10 

Maxilla. — The two type specimens are represented in pi. I. figs. 9, 1 0, and the 
right half of the palate of a male of M. rhesus in fig. 8. Fig. 9 is a fragment of 

1 Supra, vol. III. p. 123 (1884). 

2 A comparison of these figures with figs. 4, 5, will show the distinctness of the present fossil from Cynocephalus. 

3 Some specimens of S. entellus show a much smaller talon to this tooth. It is not improbable that the jaw with which 
Falconer and Cautley compared the fossil may have belonged to S. schistaceus rather than to S. entellus. 

4 See “ Palaeontological Memoirs,” vol. I. pi. XXIV. fig. 5. 

5 ‘ Magasin Encyclopedique,” 1795. — Macaque 6 See “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. I. p. 4. 

7 1 Atti. Soc. Tosc. Sci. Nat.’ vol. I. p. 39 (1876). The writer is unacquainted with a description or figure of the remains 
of this species or of M. florentinus. 8 See Major, op. cit. p. 224. 9 ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XI. p. 70 (1878). 

10 1 Loc. cit. and vol. XII. plate facing p. 52. figs. 2, 3. 

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INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


the left maxilla showing the unworn m. 3 and the broken bases of the three pre- 
ceding teeth, while fig. 10 belongs to the opposite side and exhibits the base of pm. 4, 
the almost unworn m. 1 and m. 2, and m. 3 in alveolo. The curved line of the molar 
series ( fig . 10) together with the relatively small size of the hinder cusps of m. 3 
( fig. 9), and the absolutely small dimensions of the teeth indicate that the fossils 
belong to Macacus rather than Semnopithicus, while the small size of m. 1 in 
comparison to m. 2 forbids their reference to Cercopithecus } 

Affinities. — With regard to the question of species, the fossil jaws are smaller 
than those of M. rhesus , M. silenus, M. radiatus, and (apparently) M. sinicus, while 
the anterior zygomatic root is placed more anteriorly. The specimens have not been 
compared with the non-Indian existing species of the genus, from which their 
specific distinction may be assumed: they are decidedly smaller than the fossil 
M. pliocenus and M. prisons , but for the reason already stated the writer has been 
unable to compare them with the two Italian fossil species. 

Genus III. CYNOCEPHALUS, Lac^p^de. 2 
Distribution. — This genus is now mainly characteristic of the Ethiopian region, 
although it also ranges over the whole of Africa, C. hamadryas extending from 
Abyssinia to Arabia. A fossil species is recorded by M. P. Thomas 3 from the upper 
pliocene of Algeria, and has been provisionally named G. atlanticus. In India the 
genus occurs in the pliocene of the Siwalik Hills, and persisted into the late 
pleistocene of Madras. 4 It may be added that for palaeontological purposes the 
genus Theropithecus must be included in Cynocephalus. 

Species 1. Cynocephalus subhimalayanus (H. von Meyer 6 ). 

Syn. Setnnopithecus subhimalayanus , H. von Meyer. 6 
History. — The history of the only known specimen of this species is given in 
the writer’s “ Cat. Foss. Brit. Mamm. Mus.” pt. I. pp. 4, 5. 

Cranium. — The type specimen, which was obtained from the Siwalik Hills, is 
represented in pi. I. figs. 3, 3a ; and in order to exhibit more clearly its characteristic 
features it has been partially restored in outline, and a figure given (fig. 2) of the 
right half of the palate of a female of the existing C. babouin in which the cheek- 
teeth are unworn. The fossil comprises the greater part of the right half of the 
facial part of the cranium, showing the root of the zygomatic arch and the inferior 
border of the orbit (or.), and containing the five cheek-teeth in a half-worn condition, 
and part of the base of the canine. The small size of the canine shows that the 
specimen belongs to a female, while the contour of the maxilla and the characters of 
the teeth indicate conclusively its generic position. The general contour is not 
unlike that of the cranium of C. babouin , but the lateral surface of the maxilla is 

1 See ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XI. p. 69. 

2 “Nouv. Table Method.” (1799), in ‘Mem. d. 1’ Institut.’ vol. III. p. 490 (1801). 

3 ‘Mem. Soc. Geol. France.’ ser. 3. vol. III. art. 2. p. 14. pi. X. fig. 4 (1884). 

4 The Madras form 'will he described in part 2 of this volume. 

5 In Bronn’s “Index Palseontologicus,” p. 1133 (1848). — Semnopithecus. 


6 Loe. eit. 


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convex instead of concave, and the teeth are of very much larger size. In regard 
to the contour of the maxilla C. anubis comes nearer to the fossil. The length of 
the space occupied by the five cheek-teeth is the same as in a full-sized male of the 
large C. porcarius, but the true molars of the fossil are considerably wider. The 
writer has been unable to compare the fossil with female skulls of all the existing 
species of the genus, but judging from the last comparison it would seem probable 
that the Siwalik form attained a larger size than any existing species ; and this, 
together with the apparent extinction of all the contemporary mammals, indicates 
that there can be little doubt as to its specific distinctness. 

Species 2. Cynocephalus falconeri, n. sp. nobis. 

History. — The history of the type and only known specimen of this smaller 
species is recorded in the u Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. I. p. 6. 

Mandible. — The type mandible was obtained from the Siwalik Hills, and is 
represented in pi. I. fig. 4, the right ramus of a mandible of a female of G. babouin 
being represented in fig. 5. The fossil comprises the entire symphysis and the 
greater portion of the right ramus, and shows the three true molars in a well-worn 
condition, together with portions of the two premolars ; the canine is wanting, but 
the protuberance of the ramus at the point where this tooth should be, together with 
the generally elongated form of the jaw, indicates that the specimen probably 
belonged to a male. 

That this mandible belongs to Cynocephalus is at once evident from the elon- 
gated symphysis, and the flatness of the oral surface of the latter, 1 together with 
the relatively broad cheek-teeth and the small size of the hind talon of m~3. 
The length of the space occupied by the three true molars is very much less than in 
the palate represented in fig. 3, which at once indicates that the present mandible 
(even if it belong to a female) is specifically distinct from C. subhimalayanus . 2 The 
length of the space occupied by the three true molars is the same as in the female of 
G. babouin, but the length in front of pm. 1 is much greater. 

Specific distinctness. — Although it cannot be certainly affirmed that the present 
form is specifically distinct from all the existing species of the genus, yet the 
apparent extinction of all the true Siwalik mammals renders it probable that this is 
the case, and the name of C. falconeri is accordingly proposed for it. 

II. THE ANTELOPES. 

Genus. OREAS, Desmarest. 3 

Distribution. — The two existing species inhabit all tropical and southern 
Africa. Palceoreas is an allied form occurring in the lower pliocene of Pikermi, in 

1 Semnopithecus and its allies (fig. 6) have the symphysis deeply depressed immediately behind the incisors. 

2 In the Cercopithecida the length of the lower molars always exceeds that of the upper ; compare figs. 5, 2. 

3 “ Mammalogie,” p. 471 (1822). 


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the upper pliocene of the Yal d’Arno 1 and of Algiers, 2 and the pleistocene of 
France ; 8 the species of the latter area being regarded as connecting the older forms 
with Tragelaphus. 

Species. Oreas (?) latidens, nobis.* 

Syn. Cervus latidens, nobis. 5 

Summary. — This species is known by the dentition, which is described and 
figured in vol. III. pp. 111-114. pi. XIII. figs. 12, 13. The upper molars agree very 
closely with those of 0. canna, but have a larger internal accessory column ; — a cir- 
cumstance of importance in regard to the teeth of the next species, as it may indicate 
a character common to the earlier forms. The enamel is smooth, and there is a 
distinct median costa on the outer surface of the anterior lobes of the upper true 
molars. 

Genus. STREPSICEROS, Gray. 6 

Distribution. — The two existing species range over tropical and southern Africa ; 
the smaller S. imherbis being found in Somali-land, which is on the route by which the 
Siwalik genera may have passed into Southern Africa. 7 The allied Tragelaphus 
is a still smaller form, which is closely related to Pro tragelaphus, Dames, 8 of the 
Pikermi beds. 

Species. Strepsiceros (?) falconeri, nobis. 9 

History. — This species is founded on an immature cranium in the British 
Museum, 10 which has not hitherto been figured. 

Cranium. — The type cranium is represented in plate II. figs. 2, 2a, a cranium of 
the existing S. kudu being represented in figures 1, la, of the same plate. The 
fossil, which was obtained from Perim Island, wants the nasals, the premaxillae, and 
part of the maxillae; the palate is obscured, the teeth partly broken, and only a 
fragment of the right horn-core remains : the milk-molars are still retained, m. 1 is 
in use, m. 2 in alveolo, 11 while m. 3 is not seen at all. It agrees with the existing 
species of Strepsiceros and Oreas 12 in the depressed frontals, with large supraorbital 
pits, but differs from the latter by the absence of a protuberance on the lachrymal, 
in the position of the notch in the rim of the orbit, in the wider interval between 
the horn-cores, the closer approximation of the latter to the orbits, and their greater 
distance from the supraoccipital ridge. As will be seen by a comparison of the 

1 F. Major, ‘Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc.’ vol. XLI. p. 2 (1885). — P. montis-caroli. 

2 Thomas, ‘ Mem. Soc. Geol. Soc. France,’ ser. 3. vol. III. art. 2. p. 16 (1884). P. gaudryi. 

3 See Deperet, * Bull. Soc. Geol. France.’ 1884. p. 278. — P. tortieomis (Aym). 

4 Supra, vol. I. p. 65 (1876). — Cervus. 5 Loc. cit. 

6 List of Mammalia in British Museum, p. 155 (1843). 

7 Lydekker * Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc.’ vol. XLII. p. 175 (1886). 8 Sitz. Ges. nat. Berlin. 1883. pp. 95-97. 

9 ‘ Geol. Mag.’ dec. 3. vol. II. p. 170 (1885). 

10 See “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 47. No. 37262 (1885). 

11 In the “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.’ loc. cit. this tooth was mistaken for m. 3. 

12 A figure of the cranium is given by Rutimeyer, ‘ Hinder der Tertiar-Epoche.’ pi. VT. (‘ Abh. schw. pal. Ges.’ vol. V.) 


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figures, the fossil agrees with the kudu in all the above-mentioned respects, and 
also in the contour of the characteristic facial profile, and the position of the horn- 
core relatively to the orbit. The position of the large lachrymal fissure is still 
indicated in the fossil. The horn-cores are proportionately somewhat smaller than 
in the kudu, but their direction may have been approximately similar. This 
smaller size may be partly due to immaturity, but may also indicate a resemblance 
to & imberbis. The upper true molars of the existing species of Strepsiceros are 
relatively broad, the outer surface of each lobe being wide and without a distinct 
median costa ; the enamel is rugose, and there is no accessory internal column in 
the median valley. The teeth of the fossil agree very closely with those of the 
kudu, with the exception that they possess a distinct internal accessory column, 1 2 
but it is very doubtful if this difference necessarily implies generic distinction. An 
upper molar of a Siwalik ruminant has been described and figured in vol. III. p. 114. 
pi. XIII. figs. 9, 10, which it was suggested might possibly belong to the Pikermi 
genus Palceoryx ; since, however, this tooth appears to agree precisely with the 
molars of the present form it is probable that it should be referred to it : the tooth 
presents the characteristic antelopine (as opposed to cervine) feature of the accessory 
column being attached entirely to the posterior crescent. When adult it is probable 
that the fossil species was nearly as large as the kudu. 

Affinities. — The resemblance of the cranium under consideration to that of the 
existing Strepsiceros is so close that it may safely be regarded as indicating an allied, 
and probably ancestral form, which may be at least provisionally included in the 
same genus. This form is certainly specifically distinct from the two existing 
species, and is larger and otherwise different from Trayelaphus, and therefore 
probably also from Protragelaphus (of which the skull is not figured) ; it is moreover 
widely different from Palaeoreas? 

Distribution. — If the molar figured in vol. III. pi. XIII. figs. 9, 10, belong to 
the present form, its distribution will have extended from Perim Island to the 
Punjab. 

Genus. BOSELAPHUS, Blainville. 3 

Syn. P or tax, Hamilton Smith. 

The genus is confined to India, where it has existed since the Siwalik epoch. 

Boselaphus, sp. nobis.* 

Summary. — This form is known by teeth from the Siwaliks of the Punjab 
described and figured in vol. III. pp. 114-116. pi. XIII. which with the exception of 
their superior size are indistinguishable from those of B. trayocamelus. The upper 

1 The first true molar of one side has been cleaned in order to exhibit this structure ; the accessory column was 
unfortunately cut through, hut its section is visible. 

2 Compare Gaudry, “Les Enchainements, &c. — Mamra. Tert.” p. 82. fig. 91. 

3 ‘ Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris.’ 1816. p. 75. 


4 Supra vol. III. p. 114 (1884). 

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molars of this genus ( woodcut fig. 1 ) are characterized 
by their broad and tall crowns, the narrow external 
surfaces of the lobes carrying distinct median costae, 
and the tall, narrow, internal accessory column, 
which is attached entirely to the posterior crescent, 
and is not expanded antero-posteriorly at its inner 
termination. 1 

Genus. PALiEORYX, Gaudry. 

The upper molar described and figured in 
vol. III. p. 114. pi. XIII. figs. 9, 10, which it was 
suggested might possibly belong to this genus has 
been shown on the last page to be indistinguishable 
from the molars of Strepsiceros (?) falconeri. 



Fig. 1. Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas). The 
second left upper true molar, in an almost 
unworn condition : recent, India. 


Genus. HIPPOTRAGUS, Sundevall. 2 

Distribution. — The existing species of this genus inhabit tropical and south Africa. 

Species. Hippotragus sivalensis, nobis. 3 

Syn. Antilope sivalensis , nobis. 4 

History. — The so-called Antilope sivalensis was founded on a very imperfect and 
crushed cranium from the Siwaliks of the Kangra district, which is preserved in the 
Indian Museum, and is figured in vol. I. pi. XXV. figs. 1, 2 of the present work. 
A more perfect cranium in the British Museum, was identified by the writer with this 
species, and at first provisionally, 5 and subsequently more definitely 6 referred to the 
present genus. The Calcutta specimen has been sent to England and compared 
with the one in the British Museum ; the two are very similar, but the former has a 
depression on the lachrymal, which is not improbably due to crushing. 7 

Cranium. — The British Museum cranium is represented in pi. II. figs. 4, 4a ; a 
cranium of the African H. niger being represented in figs. 3, 3a of the same plate. 
The fossil, which probably belonged to an immature male, shows the bases of the 
horn-cores, but has lost the nasals, premaxillae, and a small portion of the occiput ; 
the last two milk-molars are still retained, the third true molar not being protruded 
from its alveolus. A comparison of the figures will show how extremely close is the 
resemblance between the recent and fossil crania. Thus both show the absence of 
a distinct lachrymal depression, the existence of a small elongate lachrymal 
fissure, and similar supraorbital foramina without pits at their entrance. Both 


1 Unworn teeth of Cervus aristotelis present a considerable resemblance to those of Boselaphus, but are readily distinguished 
by their broader and shorter crowns, and by the circumstance that the inner accessory column is attached to both crescents. 
The distinctive features of the molars of Hippotragus will be noticed under the head of that species. 

2 ‘ K. Svenska Vet-Akad, Handl.’ for 1844. p. 196. 3 Supra vol. I. p. 154 (1878) — Antilope. 4 Zoc. cit. 

5 ‘ Geol. Mag.’ dec. 3. vol. II. p. 170 (1885). 

6 “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus,” ,pt. II. p. 49. No. 39558 (1885). 

7 If this depression should be normal it would indicate that the Calcutta is distinct from the British Museum specimen ; 
in view of which contingency comparisons will be confined to the latter. 


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show the same narrow muzzle, with a sudden expansion of the maxilla at the 
infraorbital foramen ; in both the orbit is large with a notch below the level 
of the supraorbital foramen ; the horn-cores are similarly situated in respect to 
the orbits, with a considerable interval between them, and directed at their bases 
upwards and backwards ; there is also the same concave facial profile in the orbital 
region, and the same strongly-marked ridge descending from the orbit to the first 
true molar. The palate is generally similar in the two, but the anterior pair of 
basioccipital tubercles are more approximated in the fossil ; both present the same 
deep concavity in the median line in advance of the premolars. The upper molars 
of H. niger have very broad and nearly square crowns, presenting a remarkably 
bovine structure ; the outer surface of each lobe is relatively wide, with a strongly- 
marked median costa, and there is a large internal accessory column, of which the 
inner termination is expanded antero-posteriorly. 1 The imperfect protrusion of the 
molars of the fossil specimen renders their distinctive features obscure, but mm 4 
agrees in general characters with those of the existing species. The united length 
of m. 1 and m. 2 is nearly the same as in II. niger, and thus indicates that adult male 
specimens of the fossil were about equal in size to that species. On the assumption 
that the Calcutta specimen is specifically the same as the British Museum cranium, 
it will probably indicate a female individual. 

Affinities. — The resemblance between the British Museum Siwalik cranium and 
that of H. niger is so close as to leave little doubt that the two species are generically 
the same, and in any case that they are very closely allied. No other fossil species 
of the genus appear to have been recorded ; and of the existing species II. niger and 
E. leucophceus are confined to south Africa, while H. equinus ranges into Nubia and 
the adjacent districts. 

Genus. Gazella, Blainville. 2 

Distribution. — This genus has a wide distribution at the present day, being most 
abundant in the deserts on the borders of the Palaearctic, Oriental, and Ethiopian 
regions; its range in Europe extends from the lower pliocene of Pikermi to the 
Norwich Crag. 3 

Species. Gazella porrecticornis, nobis! 

Syn. Antilope porrecticornis , nobis. 5 

History. — This species was founded upon the left half of a frontlet and horn- 
core figured in vol. I. pi. XXV. fig. 4, which was there stated to be allied to the 
gazelles, and was subsequently referred to the present genus. 6 

Frontlet. — The type specimen is represented in the accompanying woodcut 
(fig. 2), the right half having been restored. The frontal is complete with the 

1 The inner expansion of this column at once distinguishes the molars of Hippotragm niger from those of Boselaphus, in 
which the crowns and the base of the outer surfaces of the lobes are relatively narrower. 

2 ‘ Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris.’ 1816. p. 75. 3 Q. anglica, Newton. 

4 Supra vol. I. p. 158 (1878) — Antilope. 

6 See “Cat. Foss. Mainm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 50. 


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exception of the process descending on the outer side of the nasal, while the horn- 

core has lost about one-quarter of its 
length. In the laterally compressed 
horn-core, the form and position of 
the supraorbital foramen and sulcus, 
and the relative shortness of the 
frontal, 1 the specimen agrees so 
exactly with the gazelles, that its 
reference to the present genus may 
be considered certain. It indicates 
a considerably larger species than the 
Indian G. bennetti, and in this respect 
agrees with the east African G. granti , 
although differing slightly in the form 
of the supraorbital sulcus and the 
curvature of the horn-core. It agrees 

Pig. 2. Gazella pwrecticomis. The frontlet ; from the Siwaliks of with that Species in the extreme 
the Punjab. $. Indian Museum (No. B. 229). shortness of the frontal ; but Unfortu 

nately it cannot be determined whether it also agreed in the absence of the 
lachrymal depression, which is present in G. bennetti. 

Gazella, sp. 

Frontlet. — The frontlet represented in pi. IV. fig. 6 was obtained from Niki in 
the Punjab, 2 and has hitherto been included in the preceding species ; it agrees 
exactly in size with the frontlet of a male of G. bennetti , and if adult, as appears to 
be the case, is too small to be the female of G. porrecticornis. The specimen is too 
imperfect to afford a specific diagnosis, but it not improbably indicates the existence 
in the Siwaliks of the Punjab of a gazelle closely allied to the living Indian species. 

Genus. COBUS, A. Smith. 3 

Including Adenota and Onotragus, Gray. 

Distribution . — The genus includes a considerable number of species inhabiting 
tropical Africa. An antelope has been described by M. P. Thomas 4 under the name 
of Antilope tournoueri from the upper pliocene of Algeria, which is regarded as allied 
to the present genus. 

Species 1. Cobus (?) pal^indicus, nobis : 5 

Bistory. — This species was founded on an imperfect cranium in the British 
Museum (No. M. 2402) from the Siwalik Hills, which was provisionally referred to the 
present genus. 

1 These, among other characters, distinguish Gazella from Cobus. 

2 “ Cat. Siwalik Vert. Ind. Mus.” pt. I. p. 20. No. B. 228. 3 “ Illustra. Zool. of S. Africa.” No. 12 (1840), Kobus. 

4 ‘Mem. Soc. Geol. France.’ ser. 3. vol. III. art. 2. p. 15. pi. VII. fig. 1 (1884). 

6 “Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 53 (1885). 



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Cranium. — The type cranium is represented in pi. III. figs. I, la; a cranium 
of the existing Cobus sing-sing being represented in figs. 4, 4a. The fossil, which 
wants the horn-cores, and is otherwise damaged, indicates a species about one-third 
smaller than C. ellipsiprgmnus and C. sing-sing. It agrees with the figured recent 
cranium of the latter in the large frontal depression and foramina, the presence of 
an infraorbital fissure and absence of a lachrymal depression, as well as in general 
contour, position of the orbits, setting on of the horn-cores, and the marked ridges 
bordering the temporal fossae; it also agrees in the form of the basioccipital 
tubercles, of the tympanic bullae, and of the hinder part of the palate. The molars 
of the existing species are narrow, and have narrow external lobes with a strongly- 
marked median costa, and no inner accessory column ; in all of which respects those 
of the fossil cranium agree. The latter is, however, narrower than the cranium of 
C. sing-sing , its post-cornual portion relatively longer, and the angle formed by the 
meeting of the nasal and parietal planes considerably less open. In the two latter 
respects the species generically separated by Gray under the name of Adenota 1 make 
a nearer approach to the fossil, while Cobus leucotis comes perhaps still nearer in these 
points, and also agrees in size. 

A second Siwalik cranium in the British Museum (No. M. 487) 2 is in very nearly the 
same condition as the type, with which it agrees almost exactly, although rather wider. 

The hinder portion of a cranium represented in figs. 2, 2a of plate III. is also 
from the Siwalik Hills, and is preserved in the British Museum (No. 39559) ; it 
agrees with the type cranium in essential characters, and is therefore provisionally 
referred to the same species. The horn-cores are widely separated, rounded, and 
directed upwards, backwards, and somewhat outwards ; the horns, as in C. sing-sing , 
may have been lyrate. The relatively large size of the post-cornual portion of the 
cranium and the comparatively sharp angle at the junction of the nasal and parietal 
planes are well exhibited in this specimen. 

The females of the existing species of Cobus are hornless, and as there is in 
the British Museum the hornless cranium of an antelope (No. 39569 s ) from the 
Siwalik Hills, which agrees with the present form in size, general contour, and 
structure of the molar teeth, it is highly probable that it belongs either to this or the 
next species. 

Affinities. — The close resemblance existing between the specimens described 
above and the crania of the genus Cobus , together with the strong evidence in favour 
of the female of the Siwalik form having been hornless, indicates that the recent and 
fossil forms are closely allied, and justifies at least the provisional reference of the 
latter to the existing genus. 

Distribution. — All the specimens referred to this species were obtained from the 
typical Siwalik Hills. 

1 Compare “ Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mua. — pt. III. Ungulata Furcipeda,” pi. XI. fig. 1 (1852). 

2 This specimen was overlooked when part II. of the Brit. Mus. Catalogue was written. 

3 “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 58. 

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Species 2. Cobus (?) patulicornis, nobis. 1 

Syn. Antilope patulicornis , nobis} 

History. — This species was originally described on the evidence of an imperfect 
frontlet figured in vol. I. pi. XXY. fig. 3, which was provisionally referred to the 
present genus in the u Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 54, where several 
imperfect specimens of the cranium are recorded. 

Cranium,. — The best preserved of the British Museum specimens (No. 39559, a) 
is represented in plate III. figs. 3, 3a, and consists of the hinder part of the cranium 
bearing the basal halves of the horn-cores. 3 In general characters this specimen 
agrees with the cranium of the preceding species, but is readily distinguished by the 
more widely divergent horn-cores ; in which respect it also differs from existing 
species of Cobus. 

Affinities. — The resemblance of the cranium of the present form to that of the 
preceding species renders it probable that it should be referred to the same genus, 
but more perfect specimens are required before its affinities can be further elucidated. 

Distribution. — The type specimen was obtained from the Hushi&rpur district, 
while the British Museum examples were derived from the typical Siwalik Hills. 

Genus, non. det. 

Frontal. — The frontal and horn-core represented in pi. III. fig. 5 was obtained 
from Perim Island, and is described in the “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 54 
as of the left side, but it is very difficult to say to which side it really belongs, and 
it is here figured as belonging to the right. 4 It has the depressed frontal region and 
the widely separated horn-cores of Cobus , and if it belong to the left side the 
direction of the horn-cores is nearly the same as in existing species of that genus ; 
if, however, it is here figured in the right position their curvature is reversed. More 
perfect specimens are required to elucidate the full affinities of this large antelope. 
Genus. ALCELAPHUS, Blainville. 6 

Including Damalis , Gray. 

Distribution. — There are some nine or ten existing species, ranging over the 
whole of Africa, and extending north-eastward into Syria. A. bubalis occurs fossil 
in the upper pleistocene of Algiers. 6 

Species. Alcelaphus pal^eindicus (Falconer 7 ). 

Syn. Antilope palceindica , Falconer. 8 

Alcelaphus balceri, Lydekker. 9 

History. — The history of this species will be found in vol. III. p. 117, and in 
the “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 55. 

i Supra, vol. I. p. 157 (1878) — Antilope. 2 Zoo. eit. 

3 The artist has unfortunately not drawn fig. 3 in the same position as the other specimens, the occipital portion having 
been too much elevated. 

4 If the specimen belong to the left side the right side of the figure is the inferior border. 

5 ‘Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris.’ 1816. p. 75. 6 Thomas. ‘ Mem. Soc. Geol. France.’ ser. 3. vol. III. art. 2. p. 38 (1884). 

7 “Cat. Foss. Vert. As. Soc. Beng.” p. 154 (1859). 8 Loe. cit. 9 ‘ Geol. Mag.’ dec. 3. vol. II. p. 170 (1885). 


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Cranium. — The type cranium is represented in pi. IV. figs. 4, 4a, and a second 
specimen in fig. 5 ; the former shows the greater part of the face, but lacks the 
hinder part of the occiput, while the latter shows the whole of the occiput, but has 
lost the anterior part of the face ; there are some slight differences in these two 
specimens, which cannot, however, be regarded as of more than individual value. 

The general contour of the skull indicates without doubt that the species belongs 
to Alcelaphus, and in order to exhibit this affinity the crania of the existing A. tora 
(fig. 1) and A. pygargus (fig. 2) have been figured for comparison. 1 The fossil agrees 
with A. torn (with which may be grouped A. caama and A. bubalis) in its extremely 
elongated face, characterized by the straight infraorbital profile, and the long 
terminally-expanded nasals, which form a bold median ridge bounded by deep 
hollows in the lachrymals and maxillae. The horn-cores are, however, placed 
directly over the orbit as in A. pygargus (which agrees in this respect with A. albifrons 
and A. senegalensis ), instead of being pushed back to the vertex of the cranium as in 
the A. tora group, 2 and the occipital and parietal planes are consequently distinct, as 
in the former group. 3 The direction of the horn-cores is nearly the same as in the 
A. pygargus group, which also agrees with the fossil in the concavity of the facial 
profile at the orbit, although differing in the perfect straightness of the infraorbital 
portion. 

Young cranium. — The young cranium represented in figs. 3, 3a, is the type of 
A. ba/ceri, which was regarded as allied to the A. pygargus group. The opportunity 
of comparing this specimen with the one represented in fig. 5 has, however, con- 
vinced the writer that the two cannot apparently be specifically separated ; the 
shorter face of the young specimen being probably due to its immaturity. 

Molars. — The second and third left upper true molars of the Calcutta specimen 
are represented in fig. 5a. These teeth agree with those of existing species of the 
genus in their extremely narrow form, and the absence of any trace of the internal 
accessory column. 

Affinities. — The present species may apparently be regarded as one intermediate 
between the A. tora and the A. pygargus group, being allied to the former in the 
characters of the face, and to the latter in those of the postorbital portion of the 
cranium. Judging from the analogy of the genus Bos , the A. tora group is the more 
specialized of the two, and as it is probable that the facial would be more readily 
modified than the occipital region of the cranium, it is interesting to find that in the 
Siwalik form it is this part which has assumed the specialized character. The 
intermediate nature of A. palceindicus fully confirms the conclusion now generally 
entertained as to the generic unity of the A. tora and A. pygargus groups. 

1 The absence of a lachrymal fissure and of supraorbital pits, the presence of a well-marked lachrymal depression, and 
the narrow crowns of the cheek-teeth are characteristic features of the genus. 

2 Compare Gray “ Cat. Mamm. Brit. Mus. — pt. III. Ungulata Furcipeda.” pi. xvi. fig. 1 (1852). 

3 When describing the type specimen in the “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. the writer thought that the post- 
cornual portion of the cranium would be much shorter than it really turns out to be, and he therefore considered the species 
nearer to the A. tora group than now seems to be the case. 


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Distribution. — All the known remains 1 of this species have been obtained from 
the typical Siwalik Hills. 

HI. THE GENUS MERYCOPOTAMUS. 

Present notice— The chief characters of this genus have been already described 
in the present work 2 and in the “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.,” 3 and the object of 
the present notice is to give figures on a scale sufficiently large to illustrate some of 
the characteristic features of the two larger typical species. The structure of the 
upper molars of the small M. pusillus renders it probable that Hemimeryx 4 must be 
included in the present genus. 

Species 1. Merycopotamus dissimilis, Falc. and Caut. 6 

Characters. — This species is of comparatively large size, and characterized by 
the wide mandibular symphysis, the long jaws, the comparatively straight profile 
.and slight vertical depth of the cranium, the presence of a deep fossa on the outer 
side of the mandible of the male behind the canine, and the nearly flat inner surface 
of the third lobe of mTh in the same sex. The canines are proportionately smaller 
than in the next species. 

Cranium. — The type cranium is represented in the “ Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,” 
pi. LXVII. figs. 1, la, on a reduced scale; a full-sized view of the last four cheek- 
teeth being given in pi. V. fig. 1 of this memoir. As the anterior part of this 
specimen is unfortunately wanting the size of the canine cannot be determined, but 
the large dimensions of the cranium indicates that it belonged to a male. The 
straightness of the cranial profile is well shown in the original figures ; the length of 
the space occupied by the three true molars (of which the last is almost unworn) is 
3’2 inches. 

In pi. V. fig. 2 there is given the palatal view of the anterior part of a cranium 
collected by Mr. Theobald near Bhimber, which may provisionally be regarded as 
belonging to a female 6 of the present species. The specimen is considerably damaged, 
but exhibits nearly all the cheek-teeth, portions of the canines, and the broken bases 
or alveoli of the incisors. In its general contour and low elevation the cranium 
agrees with the type specimen, but is of considerably smaller dimensions, the length 
of the space occupied by the three true molars being 2 - 8, and the interval between 
the canine and the hinder border of m. 3 6-2 inches. The structure of the cheek- 
teeth is similar to that of the type specimen 7 ; the canines are comparatively small, 
and have an antero-posterior diameter of 0-7 inch. The structure of the palate 
agrees generally with that obtaining in Sus, and exhibits similar large foramina ; it 
is, however, relatively wider, and the incisors are of subequal size. In the two latter 
respects the genus agrees more nearly with Hippopotamus ; and similar features are 

1 See “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. pp. 65-6, and “ Cat. Siwalik Vert. Ind. Mus.” pt. I. p. 20. 

2 Vol. II. p. 165. The feet were tetradactylate. 3 Part II. p. 209. 

4 Supra, vol. II. p. 167 pi. XXIII. fig. 5. 5 < Asiatic Researches.’ vol. XIX. p. 51 (1836) — Hippopotamus. 

6 It is entered in the “ Cat. Siwalik Vert. Ind. Mus.” pt. I. p. 38 (No. B. 110) as helonging to a small male. 

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exhibited by the reentering angle formed by the anterior termination of the nasals, 
the backward position of the fronto-nasal suture, and the general contour of the 
facial aspect of the cranium. 

Mandible. — The right ramus of the mandible of a male of this species figured 
by Falconer and Cautley in the “Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,” pi. LXVII. figs. 4, 4a, 1 
is refigured on a larger scale in pi. V. fig. 3. The length of the space occupied by 
the three true molars is 3-45, the interval between the canine and the hinder border 
of mT3 7*8, and the antero-posterior diameter of the canine 1T5 inches; these 
dimensions agreeing very closely with those of the male cranium. The hippopotamine 
features presented by this specimen have been described in previous notices. 

There are no complete specimens known of the mandibular ramus of the female 
of this species ; and it is very difficult to make specific determinations in the case of 
imperfect specimens. The left half of a symphysis has been referred to a female in 
the “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 211. No. 18444, and it is not impro- 
bable that the immature specimen No. 17002 noticed on the same page may also 
belong to this sex. The hinder part of a right mandibular ramus from the Punjab 
figured in pi. VI. fig, 3. agrees with the latter specimen, and also accords in size with 
the female cranium figured in pi. V. fig. 2. The third true molar is narrower than 
the corresponding tooth in the jaw of the male of the present species, and in the 
two figured jaws of M. nanus (pi. YI. figs. 4, 5). 

Distribution. — A young cranium from Burma is referred to this species in the 
“Cat. Siwalik Vert. Ind. Mus.” pt. I. p. 38. No. B. 112, and the range of the 
species seems therefore to have extended from the Punjab to Burma. 

Species 2. Merycopotamus nanus, nobis. 2 

Characters. — This species is smaller than the last, and is characterized by the 
narrower mandibular symphysis, the relatively shorter jaws, the convex profile 
and great vertical depth of the cranium, the absence of a deep fossa behind the 
lower canine of the male, and the deep concavity of the outer surface of the third 
lobe of mTB. The canines are of great relative size. 

Cranium.— The cranium of a male of this species figured in the “Fauna 
Antiqua Sivalensis,” pi. LXVII. figs. 3, 3a, 3 is refigured on a larger scale from the 
palatal aspect in pi. VI. fig. 1 of this memoir. The length of the space occupied by 
the three true molars is 2-6, the interval between the canine and the hinder border of 
m. 3 5-55, and the antero-posterior diameter of the canine 086 inches. Contrasting 
this figure with that of the female cranium of M. dissimilis (pi. V. fig. 2), the 
characteristic shortness of the jaw is well exhibited, and this would be still more 
marked if the male cranium of which the cheek-dentition is represented in pi. V. 
fig. 1. were sufficiently complete to exhibit the whole of the dental series. 

A female cranium is figured on a scale of one- third in the 1 £ Fauna Antiqua 

1 Also in pi. LXII. fig. 16, on a scale of 

2 < Geol. Mag.’ dec. 3. vol. I. p. 545 (1884). The specimens of this species figured in the “ .fauna Antiqua oivaiensis,” 

were all referred to M. dissimilis. 3 See “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 211. No. 16551. 


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Sivalensis,” pi. LX VII. figs. 5, 5a, 1 the left half of the palate being also figured on 
a scale of one-half in pi. LXII. fig. 15. 2 The length of the space occupied by the 
three true molars is 2 - 6, 3 the interval between the canine and the hinder border of 
m. 3 5-3, and the antero-posterior diameter of the canine 0*7 inches. The charac- 
teristic convex profile and great vertical height of the cranium are well shown in this 
specimen. 4 The middle part of a very old cranium from the Punjab in the Indian 
Museum, of which the left dentition is represented in pi. VI. fig. 2, agrees very 
closely with this specimen. The teeth are very much worn, and the premolars 
are broken ; the three true molars occupy a space of 2 - 46 inches. The dimenions 
of these two specimens differ very greatly from those of the female cranium of 
M. dissimilis represented in pi. V. fig. 2. 

Mandible . — The left ramus of the mandible of a male figured in the “ Fauna 
Antiqua Sivalensis,” pi. LXVII. figs. 8, 8a 5 is refigured on a larger scale in pi. VI. 
fig. 4. The inner side of the specimen is not cleared from matrix, and the necessary 
foreshortening of the canine (c.) does not give a good idea of the large size of this 
tooth. In relative dimensions this specimen agrees precisely with the male cranium 
represented in fig. 1, the length of the space occupied by the three true molars being 
2*7, the interval between the canine and the hinder border of m. 3 6*4, and the 
antero-posterior diameter of the canine 1T8 inches. The remarkable difference 
between this specimen and the male mandible of M. dissimilis represented in pi. V. 
fig. 3 will be apparent from a comparison of the figures and dimensions. 

In plate VI. fig. 5 a larger view is given of a female mandibular ramus figured 
in the “Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,” pi. LXVII. figs. 7, 7a. 6 The specimen belongs 
to the right side, and shows the last true molar in a half- worn condition, the bases of 
the preceding cheek-teeth, and a section of the canine (c.). The interval between 
the latter and the hinder border of m. 3 seems to have been nearly the same as in 
the male specimen, but the antero-posterior diameter of the base of the canine is only 
0-78 inch. 

Distribution . — Assuming that the specimen represented in pi. VI. fig. 2 is rightly 
referred to the present species, the range of the latter will have extended from the 
Siwalik Hills to the Punjab. 

Species 3. Merycopotamus pusillus, nobis. 6 

The characteristic features of the third upper true molar on which this small 
species is founded have been already described in the preceding volume of this work 
(pp. XII.-XIII). 


i “ Cat. Foss. Mam. Brit.’ pt. II. p. 212. No. 16552. 2 Wrongly entered as the lower jaw in the description of the plate. 

3 Owing to the worn condition of m. 1 in the male cranium the length of the molar series is abnormally short. 

4 See the figures in the “ F. A. S.” 6 See “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 212. No. 18407. 

6 “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 212. No. 15349. 


POSTSCRIPT. 

It should have been observed that the reference of Antilope torticornis, Aymard, to Paloeoreas is on 
the authority of M. P. Thomas (‘ M6m. Soc. G6ol. France.’ ser. 3. vol. III. art. 2. p. 16), and that it is 
referred by M. Depdret in the passage quoted in the text to Tragelaphus. According to Prof. Riitimeyer’s 
description (‘Die. Rinder der Tertiar-Epoche, etc.’ p. 85) the molars of this form are very similar to 
those of Strepsiceros (?) falconeri. Since the text was in type the writer has noticed that a tooth from the 
‘ Bohnerzgruben ’ of Wiirtemberg has been described by Prof. Riitimeyer (see p. 88 of the work cited) 
as Hippotragus fraasi. If this determination and the reference of A. torticornis to Tragelaphus rather 
than to Paloeoreas be correct, there is evidence of the occurrence of two existing African genera of 
antelopes in the tertiaries of Europe. 




« PLATE I. 

Primates — Simiidce and Gercopithecidce. 

. 1, la, Troglodytes sivalensis, Lyd. The imperfect palate of a male from Jabi, Punjab. 
Indian Museum (No. D! 1). Page 2. 

2. Cynocephalus babouin, Desm. The right half of the palate of a female; Africa. 
British Museum (No. 36. C). 


3. 3a. Cynocephalus subhimalayanus (Meyer). The imperfect right half of the facial portion 

of the cranium of a female; from the Siwalik Hills. British Museum (No. 31157). 
Page 6. 

4. Cynocephalus falconeri, Lyd. The imperfect mandible of a male ; from the Siwalik 
Hills. British Museum (No. 15709). Page 7. 

5. Cynocephalus babouin, Desm. The right ramus of the mandible Belonging to the same 

individual as the palate represented in fig. 2. 

6. Semnopithecus schistaceus (Hodgson). The right ramus of the mandible of a male ; 
Kashmir. 


7. Semnopithecus pal^eindicus, Lyd. Part of the right ramus of the mandible of a 
male (?) ; from the Siwalik Hills. British Museum (No. 1 o 7 10). Page 5. 

8. Macacus rhesus (Audebert). The right half of the palate of a male ; India. 


9. 


Macacus sivalensis, Lyd. Part of the left maxilla; from the Siwaliks of the Punjab. 
Indian Museum (No. D. 2). Page 5. 


10 . 


Macacus sivalensis, Lyd. Part of the right maxilla of an immature individual ; from 
the Siwaliks of the Punjab. Indian Museum (No. D. 2, a). Page 5. 


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Artiodactyla — Bovidce. 

1, la. Strepsiceros kudu, Gray. Cranium; S. Africa. J. British Museum (No. 646, n). 

2, 2a. Strepsiceros (?) falconeri, Lyd. Immature cranium ; from the Siwalik Hills. British 

Museum (No. 37262). Page 8. 

3, 3a. Hippotragus Niger (Harris). Cranium; S. Africa. British Museum (No. 1038,a). 

4, 4a. Hippotragus sivalensis, Lyd. Immature cranium ; from the Siwalik Hills. £. British 

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Artiodactyla — Bovidce. 


1, la. Cobus (?) pal^indicus, Lyd. Cranium; from the Siwalik Hills. British Museum (No. 

M.2402). Page 13. 

2, 2a. Cobus (?) palajindicus, T.yd. Hinder half of the cranium ; from the Siwalik Hills. 

British Museum (No. 39559). Page 13. 

3, 3a. Cobus (?) patulicornis, Lyd. Hinder half of the cranium ; from the Siwalik Hills. 

British Museum (No. 39559, a). Page 14. 

4, 4a. Cobus sing-sing (Bennett). Cranium ; W. Africa. British Museum (No. 744, e). 

5, Genus ? ion. del. A frontal ; from Perim Island. British Museum (No. M.2402, a). 

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ARTIO DACTYL A — Boi'idcV. 

Fig. 1. Alcelaphus tora, Gray. Cranium ; Abyssinia. British Museum (No. 1647, d). 

,, 2. Alcelaphus pygargus (Pallas). Cranium ; South Africa. British Museum (No. 644, a). 

,, 3, 3a. Alcelaphus pal^indicus (Falconer). Immature cranium; from the Siwalik Hills. 

British Museum (No. 39598). Page 15. 

,, 4, 4a. Alcelaphus pal^indicus (Falconer). Cranium ; from the Siwalik Hills. British Museum 

(No. 39594). Page 15. 

,, 5, 5a. Alcelaphus pal.eindicus (Falconer). Cranium and rn. 2 and m. 3 ; from the Siwalik 

Hills. Indian Museum (No. B. 331). Page 15. 

„ H. Gazella, sp. Frontlet ; from the Siwaliks of the Punjab. Indian Museum (No. B.228,a). 
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Artiodactyla — Merycopotamidce. 


Merycopotamus dissimilis, F. and C. The last four left upper cheek-teeth of a male ; 
from the Siwalik Hills. British Museum (No. 18411). Page 16. 

Merycopotamus dissimilis, F. and C. The anterior portion of the cranium of a female ; 
from the Siwaliks of Bhimber, Jamu. Indian Museum (No. B. 110). Page 16. 

Merycopotamus dissimilis, F. and C. The right ramus of the mandible of a male ; 
from the Siwalik Hills. British Museum (No. 18142). Page 17. 


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Artiodactyla — Mery co p o tamidce . 

Fig. 1. Merycopotamus nanus, Lyd. Cranium of a male; from the Siwalik Hills. British 
Museum (No. 16551). Page 17. 

,, 2. Merycopotamus nanus, Lyd. The worn left upper cheek-dentition of a female ; from the 

Siwaliks of the Punjab. Indian Museum (No. B. 111). Page 18. 

,, 3. Merycopotamus sp. Part of the right ramus of the mandible ; from the Siwaliks of the 

Punjab. Indian Museum (No. B. 118). Page 17. 

,, 4. Merycopotamus nanus, Lyd. Greater part of the left ramus of the mandible of a male ; 

from the Siwalik Hills. British Museum (No. 18407). Page 18. 

,, 5. Merycopotamus nanus, Lyd. Greater part of the right ramus of the mandible of a 

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CORRIGENDA. 


Vol II. p. ix. note 1, after' Amer. Nat,’ add 1880. The formmla of the cutting-teeth of the American 
rhinoceroses has been amended ; see “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. III. p. 141. 
,, 144, note \,for Nat. read G£ol. (The volume is dated 1882, although the article quoted, 

appeared in 1881). 

,, 145, ,, 2, for Nat. read Geol., for VII. read VIII., and for 1878 read 1877. (In the reprint 

quoted the articles from the two vols. are paged consecutively). 

,, 148. The age of Anthracolherium dalmatinum is upper eocene. 

,, 154, note 'l, for 143 read 103. 

,, 157. If the Hempstead group be reckoned as equivalent to the Ronzon beds the age of both 

Hyopotamus bovinus and II. velaunus will be lower miocene (mid. oligocene) only. 
For synonomy see “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. 

,, 164, line 11 from bottom, for 1839 read 1836. 

,, 169. Sivameryx is the same as Chceromeryx ; vide ' Geol. Mag.,’ vol. II., p. 73 (1885). 

,, 175, line 13 from top, for 'Kill. pi. V. read XII., art. 3. 

,, 176, ,, 15 ,, ,, ,, XIV. read XIX. 

,, 185, after Mellivorodon palceindicus add n. sp. 

„ 208. The relative lengths of the molars of Ursus arctos are not constant. 

,, 236, note 2, and 354, line 19 from top, add ser. 4 (1855). 

,, 314. The premolar dentition of Felis is — — . 

,, 348, line 1 1 from bottom, for Laizier and Pariere, read Laizer and Parieu. 

After Hyopotamus palceindicus (p. 158), Hycenarclos paler indie us (232), and /Elurogale sivalensis (317), dele 
n. sp., and after Hemimeryx (167) and Sivameryx (169) dele n. gen. 

For amended nomenclature of non-Indian Mammalia mentioned in this volume see the writer’s “ Cata- 
logue of Fossil Mammalia in the British Museum.” 

Vol. III. p. 237. The vertebra of Python described on this page and figured in pi. XXXV., figs. 7, 7 a, 
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ADDENDUM. 

Genus. TETRACEROS, Leach. 1 

Distribution. — The genus is represented at the present day only by T. quadri- 
cornis ,* which occurs over the whole of India. 

Tetraceros daviesi, n. sp. nobis. 

Definition. — This species is slightly larger than Cephalophus madoqua, and 
distinguished from T. quadricornis by its inferior size, and the narrower anterior 
premolars. 

Cranium. — In the course of a recent examination of the duplicate Siwalik 
collection in the British Museum, Mr. W. Davies brought to light the middle portion 
of the cranium of a small ruminant which he at once recognized as new, and kindly 
handed over to the writer for description. The specimen (woodcut fig. 3) comprises 



Fig. 3. Tetraceros daviesi, Lyd. The right half of the middle portion of the cranium and of the palate ; from 
the Siwalik Hills. British Museum. (No. M. 3492). 

the portion of the cranium between the middle of the orbit and the posterior ex- 
tremity of the premaxilla, and indicates an animal slightly larger than the existing 
African Cephalopus madoqua , Gray ; the whole of the palate and cheek-dentition is 
preserved, but the crowns of some of the teeth (which are in an early stage of wear) 
are either broken off, or more or less damaged. All the teeth have high crowns, and 
the true molars are relatively wide, and have no internal accessory column. The 
fourth premolar has a very strongly-marked anterior costa, and the superior border 
of its inner crescent is incomplete anteriorly ; pm. 3 is much elongated, narrow 
transversely, with a very incomplete inner crescent, and only a small inner root ; 
the crown of pm. 2 is broken off, but the section of its base shows that this tooth 
was very long and narrow, and had no inner root. The palate is narrow and 

l ‘Trans. Linn. Soc.’ vol. xiv. p. 524 (1823). 2 The so-called T. quadricornutus is only a variety. 

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concave, and the median notch on the posterior border extends as far forward as the 
anterior border of m.3 . The fragment of the fronto-nasal region still remaining 
shows that in the neighbourhood of the orbit this portion was flattened and triangular, 
with a slight sulcus in advance of the small frontal foramen ; there is a shallow 
lachrymal depression, of which the whole is visible from the frontal aspect of the 
cranium, but no lachrymal vacuity ; there was no horn immediately above the orbit. 
The length of the series of cheek-teeth is 2T, that of the true molars 2T, and that 
of the premolars D04 inches. 

Mandible. — The fragment of the right ramus of the mandible of a small ruminant 
from the Siwaliks represented in woodcut fig. 4 agrees in relative size with the 
cranium, and not improbably belongs to the same species. It contains the last two 
lobes of mm. 4, and the complete m. 1 ; on the outer aspect of 
the latter there is seen the broken base of a slender accessory 
column, like that occurring in some examples of Tetraceros 
quadricornis. 

Affinities. — The structure of the true molars shows that 
the only groups to which the cranium under consideration 
could belong are the Tragulidce, the Cervidce, or the antelopes. 
From the existing genera of the former 1 it is distinguished 
by the taller teeth, the presence of an inner crescent to pm- 3 , the form of the palate, 
and the presence of a lachrymal depression. That it does not belong to the smaller 
members of the second family, like Cervulus and Moschus, is evident from the hypso- 
dont dentition, the elongation of pm. 3 , and the incompleteness of its inner crescent, 
together with the small size of the inner root of the latter and its total absence in 
pm. 2 5 while the absence of a lachrymal vacuity, the concavity and narrowness of 
the palate, and the form of the fronto-nasal region are equally distinctive characters. 

Among the smaller antelopes the specimen is at once distinguished from Gazella, 
Nemorheedus, Neotragus , Nanotragus , 2 and their allies by the squareness of the crowns 
of the true molars ; but when compared with the group comprising the African genus 
Gephalopus and the Indian Tetraceros a close agreement is found in this respect. The 
smaller species of the former, like C. madoqua , agree nearly in size with the fossil, but 
are distinguished by the much deeper lachrymal depression, of which only a portion 
is visible from the frontal aspect, by the wider frontal region, and the greater anterior 
extent of the median palatine notch. The premolars are moreover less elongated, 
and have less incomplete inner crescents, while the outer surfaces of the true molars 
are much narrower. In the upper molars of the larger species of that genus, like 
C. sylvicultriz , there is a well-developed inner accessory column, while some of the 
smaller species show a projection from the hinder border of the anterior crescent in 
little-worn true molars, which is wanting in the fossil. 

1 In the genera Prodremotherium. and Baehitheriim, ■which have been provisionally referred to this family (“ Cat. Foss. 
Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. pp. 150, 155), there is an imperfect inner crescent to pm. 3 . The molars are of a very brachydont 
structure. 

2 Including Calotragus, Scopophorus, Nesotragus, and Oreotragus ; see Brooke ‘Proc. Zool. Soe.’ 1872. p. 642. 



Fig. 4. (?) Tetraceros daviesi, Lyd. 
Fragment of the right ramus 
of the mandible ; from the 
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Turning now to Tetraceros and taking for comparison a female skull 1 of which 
the first four upper cheek-teeth are figured in the accompanying woodcut, it will be 

found that there is a very close resemblance in 
almost every particular. The general contour of 
the orbital and fronto-nasal region, of the palate, 
and of the lachrymal depression, is almost identical 
in the recent and fossil crania. The true molars of 
the recent form agree with those of the fossil in the 
breadth of their external lobes, and the absence of 
an inner accessory column ; 2 while the premolar 
series °* the former bears near, y the same relative 

of a female, from the grinding and proportion to the true molar series as obtains in 

outer aspects. Recent, Madras. British 

Museum (No. 884a). the latter, and also shows the same incompleteness 

of the inner crescents of pm. 2 and pm. 3 ; the length and narrowness of the two latter 
teeth is, however, rather less marked in the recent skull, and the anterior costa in 
pm. 3 and pm. 4 is somewhat less prominent, while there is a minute inner root to 
pm. 2 , and the lateral palatal notches are deeper than in the fossil. The length of 
the whole series of cheek-teeth in the recent cranium is 2*35 inches. The fragment 
of the mandible mentioned above agrees very closely with the lower jaw of the 
recent species, and, as already mentioned, exhibits the slender accessory external 
column characteristic of certain specimens of the latter. 

As the result of the foregoing comparisons there appears no doubt that the 
cranium under consideration indicates an antelope so closely allied to the existing 
T etraceros , that it may be pretty safely referred to the same genus ; but whether the 
specimen indicates a female individual, or that the anterior horns (which are incon- 
stant in the existing species) were not developed in the fossil form, cannot be 
determined. The inferior size of the latter and the characters of the premolars 
indicate its specific distinctness, and it may be appropriately named T. daviesi. 

The present form is of considerable interest as exemplifying more fully than 
hitherto the remarkable mingling in the Siwaliks of genera now respectively confined 
to India and Africa. A fragment of the maxilla with the three true molars of a small 
Siwalik antelope in the British Museum (No. M. 3493) differs from the corresponding 
part of the cranium of Tetraceros daviesi by the narrower outer surfaces of the teeth, 
and may perhaps belong to a small species of Gephalopus. 



1 This specimen belongs to the variety specifically separated by Gray under the name of T. subquadricornutus ; see 
Hand-list of Edentate, Thick-skinned, and Ruminant Mammals in British Museum,” p. 89. No. 884a (1873). 

2 This character is not a constant one, since the male crania of the type form in the British Museum exhibit a slender 
accessory column in the true molars ; similar variations occur in the corresponding lower teeth. 


POSTSCRIPT. 

It should have been observed that the reference of Antilope torticornis, Aymard, 
to Palceoreas is on the authority of M. P. Thomas (‘ M&n. Soc. G£ol. France.’ ser 3. 
vol. III. art. 2. p. 16), and that it is referred by M. Dep^ret in the passage quoted in 
the text to Tragelaphus. According to Prof. Riitimeyer’s description (‘ Die Rinder 
der Tertiar-Epoche, etc.’ p. 85) the molars of this form are very similar to those of 
Strepsiceros (?) falconeri. Since the text was in type the writer has noticed that a 
tooth from the ‘ Bohnerzgruben ’ of Wiirtemberg has been described by Prof. 
Rutimeyer (see p. 88 of the work cited) as Hippotragus fraasi. If this determination 
and the reference of A. torticornis to Tragelaphus rather than to Palceoreas be correct, 
there is evidence of the occurrence of two existing African genera of antelopes in 
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THE EAUUA OF THE KARNUL CAVES. 

BY R. LYDEKKER, B.A., F.G.S., etc. 
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I. INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS. 

Locality. — The history of the exploration of the caves in the Karnul district 
of Madras is given in three papers by Mr. R. B. Foote , 1 and does not need 
recapitulation on this occasion The most important of these caves are those of 
Billa Surgam, a spot lying on the south of a valley opening on the east of the Yerra 
Konda, a range of hills forming the western side of the Karnul basin, and situated 
three miles to the east-south-east of Betumcherru, in the south-eastern corner of the 
Nandial taluk ; the nearest place of any importance being Banaganpilli. 

The caves — According to Mr. Foote’s description, Billa Surgam consists of three 
deep and short ‘canons,’ joined by natural arches; the various caves opening into 
the canons at different levels, and the canons themselves having once been caves also ; 
in wet weather a stream flows through the canons. The accompanying plan 2 will 
obviate the need of further description ; it being only necessary to mention that the 
four main caves are those named the ‘ Charnel-House,’ ‘ Purgatory,’ the ‘ Cathedral,’ 
and the ‘ Chapter-House.’ 

Sections of cave-deposits. — Two sections of the cave-deposits may be quoted 
from Mr. Foote’s papers. The first is from the Charnel-House, and is as follows. 

Al. Surface bed. 

A. Rubble bed. 

B ) 

Stiff red clay, with sandy partings. 

1 ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. pp. 27-34, 200-208 (1884), and vol. XVIII. pp. 227-234 (1885). 

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E j Rubble bed. 

H. Red cave-earth, stony above. 

I. Red and mottled cave-earth. 

J. Red-brown cave-earth with patches of calcareous sand. 

K ) 

k' | Red sandy cave-earth with blocks of limestone. 

M.\ 

q' > Stiff marly clay. 

P. J 

In this section bed A1 is of extremely recent origin, and may be neglected ; 
human teeth were found in bed A, pottery occurred in B. C., and Mr. Foote 1 records 
implements from K and L. 

The second section is in the Cathedral, and is as follows. 

C. Surface bed. 

C. Grey sandy bed. 

Stalagmite in irregular masses. 

Ca. Red sandy cave-earth. 

Cb. j 

Cc. J Stiff red clay. 

Cd. ) 

| Stiff dark marl. 

Ch. Dark loamy marl. 

£j- | Grey marl. 

qJ 1 ' | Grey marl. 

In this section the beds Cc. and Cd. yielded the most important specimens. 

Condition of the bones. — The majority of the bones and many of the teeth are 
stained of a full brown colour, and strongly impregnated with mineral matter. 
Other specimens, however, which were obtained from beds containing extinct species, 
are scarcely altered, and are almost indistinguishable from the bones of recent 
animals ; and since these specimens belong to fossorial rodents and carnivores it is 
pretty evident that they are of later age than the highly mineralized specimens with 
which they are associated. 

The teeth of Rhinoceros from bed Cc. in the Cathedral are but little altered ; and 
many of the incisors of Ilydrix and other rodents from bed Cd. still retain their 
original orange colour. Of the larger mammals no complete skulls were found, the 
majority of the remains consisting either of detached teeth, fragments of the jaws, 
or more or less imperfect limb-bones. Of the smaller mammals skulls were found in 
some instances ; but in many cases the only determinable remains are fragments of 
the jaws and limb-bones. Vast quantities of bones of Chiroptera and small Rodentia — 
probably introduced, as Mr. Foote suggests, by owls — were obtained in many of the 
beds, but these are totally valueless as not being even generically determinable. 
A considerable number of the larger bones have been gnawed by porcupines. 

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Age of the fauna— The comparatively large number of species either totally 
extinct, or which are not now found living in India, renders it probable that the age 
of a considerable part of the Karnul cave deposits is not newer than the pleistocene , 
and the fauna, as being almost certainly more recent than that of the Naibada beds, 
may be provisionally assigned to the later part of that period. 

II. MAMMALIA. 

List of species. — Three preliminary and provisional lists of the Karnul mammals 
have been already published — two by Mr. Foote , 1 * and one by the present writer. 
The following list gives the result of the final determinations, but there is no evidence 
that Mus platythrix, and Golunda elhoti are contemporaries of the extinct forms. 

Primates. — Semnopithecus entellus ( Dufresne ). Rodentia. Golunda ellioti, Gray. 

Hystrix crassidens, nobis. 

Atherura karnuliensis, nobis. 

Lepus (cf. nigricollis, F. Cuv .) 

Ungulata. — Equus asinus, Linn. 

sp. a. 

Rhinoceros karnuliensis, nobis. 

Bos or Bubalus, sp. 

Boselaphus tragocamelus {Pall.) 
Genus non. del. 

Gazella bennetti (.Syto). 

Antilope cervicapra {Linn). 
Tetraceros quadricornis {Blainv.) 
Cervus aristotelis, Cuv. 
axis, Erxl. 

(?) Cervulus muntjac (Zimm.) 

Tragulus (cf. meminna \_Erxl.f) 

Sus cristatus, Wagner. 
karnuliensis, nobis. 

Edentata. — Manis gigantea, Llliger. 

Relations. — The most remarkable feature in this list is the occurrence among a 
number of existing Indian species of a Cynocephalus which may be identical with 
a living African species, of Jlycena crocuta , of a small Equus indistinguishable from 
E. asinus , and of a Manis apparently identical with the existing west African M. 
gigantea ; 3 while scarcely less noteworthy is the occurrence of a peculiar species of 
Rhinoceros , and of a Hystrix and a Viverra specifically distinct from the species now 
living in India, as well as of the non-Indian genus Atherura. The occurrence 
of the genus Cynocephalus and of forms identical with African species of Jlycena 

1 ‘Rec. Geo. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. p. 202. XVIII. p. 231. 2 Ibid. vol. XVIII. pp. 120-121. 

3 The importance of the occurrence of these forms would not he diminished even if it should ever he discovered that 

some of them present slight differences from their existing African representatives which might entitle them to specific 
distinction. 


c^ynucepiiaius, sy. 

Carnivora. — Felis tigris (or ? leo) Linn. 

(?) pardus, Linn. 
chaus, Guldens/. 
rubiginosa, Geoffr. 
Hyaena crocuta (Erxl.) 

Viverra karnuliensis, nobis. 
Prionodon (?), sp. 

Herpestes griseus, Desm. 

fuscus, Waterh. 
Ursus labiatus, Blainv. 
Insectivora. — Sorex, sp. 

Chiroptera. — Taphozous saccolsemus, Temm. 

Phyllorhina diadema (Geoffr.) 
Rodentia. — Sciurus macrurus. Hardw. 

Gerbillus indicus (Hardw.) 
Nesokia bandicoota (Bech.) 

kok, Gray. 

Mus mettada (Gray). 
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Equus and Manis is extremely important in supplementing the evidence afforded by 
the Siwalik fauna as to the probable derivation of many of the existing Ethiopian 
mammals from those of the later tertiaries of India ; and it is interesting to trace 
the gradual dying out in the latter country of genera and species which are now 
dominant forms in Africa. In many instances such forms have totally disappeared, 
while in others the modern Indian representatives are either few in respect of 
individuals or inferior in size to their tertiary congeners. Thus Cynocephalus was 
represented by two species in the Siwaliks , 1 persisted to the pleistocene, and then 
finally disappeared. Similarly the crocutine group of Hycena is represented in the 
Siwaliks by II. felina and II. colvini, and in the pleistocene by II. crocuta (which was 
probably the descendant of H. colvini), after which period the group entirely died out 
in India. Again in the case of the edentates we find the gigantic Siwalik Macro- 
therium sindiense , 2 which presents features connecting it with Manis, succeeded by the 
smaller Manis gigantea of Karnul, which has now migrated to Africa, while all the 
species of the latter genus now inhabiting peninsular India are of greatly inferior size. 
Atlierura offers an instance of a genus now totally unrepresented in India proper but 
occurring in Africa, and also in the east of the Oriental region. The lion, which is 
known to occur in the pleistocene of Europe and probably existed at the same date 
in India, may be cited as an analogous instance, since it is a comparatively rare 
animal in the latter country, although very abundant in Africa. Equus again, though 
still poorly represented in the north-west of India, has entirely died out as a wild 
genus in the greater part of the country, but has attained a great development in 
Africa. Still more striking examples are to be found in the total disappearance from 
India of Hippopotamus , Giraffa , and Alcelaplius and other antelopes of modern African 
genera . 3 There is at present no satisfactory explanation of this total extinction in 
India of genera and species which appear equally as well suited to exist there at the 
present day as those which remain . 4 On the other hand Felis chaus may be cited as 
an example of a species which probably originated in India, and is still common 
there, although having extended its range to northern Africa. 

The Viverra and Hystrix of Karnul are probably the progenitors of the existing 
Indian species and the descendants of the Siwalik representatives of those genera ; 
while it is also probable that the existing Sits cristatus was derived from the 
Siwalik S. falconeri , from which may also have originated the extinct S. Icarnuliensis. 
The extension of this group of pigs into the pliocene of Africa is indicated by S. 
phacochceroides. The Karnul Bhinnceros and the other pleistocene Madras species 
(R. deccnnensis) belong to the less specialized section of the atelodine group , 5 of 
which there is no representative either in pliocene 6 or recent India. The former 
range of the existing B. unicornis into Madras is noticed in the sequel. 

l Vide supra, pp. 6-7. 2 Syn. Manis sindiensis, vide infra. 3 Vide supra , pp. 7-16. 

4 The glasial epoch can scarcely be brought forward in the case of southern India.. 

5 Comprising It. bicornis and all the European pleistocene species except R antiquitatis. See “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. 
Mus.” pt. III. pp. 101-123. (1885). 

6 R. platyrhinus belongs to the more specialized section. 

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Specimens figured. — "With the exception of some of the smaller rodents, of which 
the pleistocene age is doubtful, remains of nearly all the Karnul mammals are figured 
in the accompanying plates and woodcuts; the figured specimens generally com- 
prising more or less incomplete crania, mandibles, or teeth. Of limb-bones, specimens 
of the humerus, and more rarely the femur, of a considerable number of genera 
have been figured, as it has been thought such figures may be useful to future 
explorers of Indian caverns and aid them to identify some of the commoner forms 
with which they may expect to meet. 

Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne) : var. 

Maxilla and mandible. — In the writer’s preliminary notice the remains of this 
form were referred, after Mr. Foote’s provisional determination, to S. priamus, 
but subsequent examination has shown that they are too large for that species. 
The fragments of an associated right maxilla and mandibular ramus represented 
in plate VII., figs. 2, 3 were obtained from bed M. of the Charnel-House, 1 and 
exhibit the teeth in an early condition of wear ; the inferior portion of the mandible 
has been crushed and bent on one side. The teeth of these specimens are rather 
larger than those of any specimen of S. entellus in the British Museum, and agree 
in this respect with the Himalayan S. schistaceus f it is, however, practically certain 
that they do not belong to the latter, and they may accordingly be provisionally 
regarded as belonging to a large variety of the former. In the upper jaw the length 
of the space occupied by the three true molars is IT, and in the lower P22 inches. 
The specimen represented in fig. 1 of the same plate comprises the greater part of 
the right half of the palate, and shows all the teeth except iT and m.3 ; it was 
obtained from Red A. in the Charnel-House, 3 and from the small size of the canine 
evidently belonged to a female ; the cheek-teeth agree in size with those of the 
■preceding specimens. Two canines (No. F. 200) belonging to male individuals have 
been obtained from beds Cc. and Ce. in the Cathedral, and numerous detached cheek- 
teeth from other beds. 

Calcaneum. — The right calcaneum represented in plate VII. fig. 4 was obtained 
from bed C. in the Cathedral, and agrees in relative size with the teeth. An 
associated right calcaneum and astragalus (No. F. 201, c) from the Purgatory cave 
may belong to an immature individual of the present species, or may indicate the 
occurrence of a second form. 

Horizon and range. — The present form appears to have existed during the whole 
period of the Karnul cave deposits. There appears some uncertainty as to the 
southern limit of the range of the existing race, but it is probable that it embraces 
at least a portion of the Deccan. 4 

Cynocephalus, sp. 

Loiver molar. — The unworn second left lower true molar of a large monkey 

1 See Eoote 1 Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. p. 207. 

2 Compare the mandible represented in pi. I. fig. 6. of tlie preceding part of this volume. 

3 See Foote, op. cit. p. 206. 4 See Jerdon, ‘ Mammals of India,” pp. 5, 6. 


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represented in pi. VII. figs. 5, 5a was obtained from bed M. in the Charnel-House. 1 
In its very large size, tall crown, and form of the cusps, this specimen differs widely 
from the teeth of Semnopithecus and Mcccacus , and agrees so exactly with those of 
Ci/nocephalus that there can be no doubt as to its belonging to that genus. 

Affinities. — The specimen accords very closely with the corresponding tooth of 
the existing C. annbis, but as it might apparently have equally well belonged to the 
Siwalik C. falconeri , 2 it appears impossible to make any specific determination. The 
intimate relationship existing between some of the Karnul mammals and those of 
Africa suggests, however, that the present form may be more nearly allied to the 
existing species of that country than to those of the pliocene of India. 

Felis Tigris (or ? leo), Linn. 

Limb-hones. — Since it appears impossible to distinguish the limb-bones of the 
tiger from those of the lion it is by no means certain, in view of the occurrence of 
Ili/cena crocuta in the Karnul caves, that at least some of the under-mentioned 
specimens may not belong to the latter rather than to the former species. 3 The first 
phalangeal of the third digit of the right pes represented in pi. VII. fig. 20 was 
found in association with a first and second lateral phalangeal, the fragment of a 
metatarsal, and the greater portion of the tibia of the same side, in the Purgatory 
cave. 4 These specimens indicate an individual equal in size to a large tiger. Another 
first phalangeal (No. F. 224, b) was obtained from bed Cf. of the Cathedral. 

Carnassial. 5 — The anterior portion of the outer half of a left upper carnassial 
(No. F. 224) apparently agreeing with that of the tiger was obtained from bed 
Ce. in the Cathedral. 

(?) Felis paedus, Linn. 

Limb-bones. — The only evidence for the existence of this species in the Karnul 
cave-deposits is afforded by the first phalangeal represented in pi. VII. fig. 19, which 
was obtained from bed Cc. in the Cathedral, and by a metacarpal (No. F. 225, a) 
from bed 0. in the same cave. These specimens are, however, of comparatively 
small size and can hardly be regarded as conclusive evidence. 

Felis chaus, Giildenstadt. 

Mandible. — This cat is represented by the imperfect left mandibular ramus 
figured in pi. VII. fig. 17, which was obtained from bed Ca. in the Cathedral. The 
carnassial has been broken, but the two premolars are perfect, and the posterior half 
of the alveolus of the canine still remains. 

1 This is apparently the specimen noticed by Foote in the ‘ Rec. Geol. Snrv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. p. 207, and regarded as 
belonging to the same species as the Semnopithecm. 

2 Supra, pi. I. fig. 4. 3 Jerdon, “ Mammals of India,” p. 92. mentions the occurrence of the lion south of the Narbada. 

4 See Foote, ‘ Eec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. p. 207. 

5 Mr. Foote op. cit. mentions an upper carnassial rather smaller than that of a tiger, but the writer was unable.to identify 

the specimen in the collection. 


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Canine. — The left upper canine 1 represented in fig. 18 of the same plate exhibits 
on its outer surface 2 the grooves characteristic of the genus, and from its size may 
be referred to the present species. 

Distribution . — This species occurs at the present day throughout India, and to 
the eastward ranges into Assam and Burma, and to the westward into Persia, the 
borders of the Caspian, and north Africa. Its occurrence in the pleistocene of India 
points to the probability of that country having been its original home. 

Felis rubiginosa, Geoffr. 

Maxilla and mandible. — This very small cat, which is peculiar to Madras and 
Ceylon, is represented by four specimens in the Karnul collection. The imperfect 
left maxilla figured in pi. VII. figs. 14, 14a shows pm. 3 and pm. 4 , and the alveoli of 
the canine and m4, and also exhibits the characteristic absence of pm. 2 . This 
specimen was obtained from bed Ca. of the Cathedral. The slightly imperfect right 
mandibular ramus represented in fig. 15 of the same plate was obtained from bed 
Cb. of the latter cave ; and the collection also contains a less perfect specimen of 
the same side from bed Ca. 

Humerus. — The right humerus represented in fig. 16 of the above-mentioned 
plate was found in bed Cc. of the Cathedral. The specimen has lost the head and 
part of the lateral expansion of the entepicondyle (en. c ) ; it exhibits the well-marked 
entepicondylar foramen (cf) and the absence of a supracondylar perforation, which 
are characteristic features of the humerus of Felis as distinguished from that of 
Viverra i 3 and Herpestes, and since it agrees in relative size with the jaws it may be 
pretty safely referred to the present species. 

Hyaena crocuta (Erxleben). 

Carnassial. — The partially- worn left lower carnassial of a hyaena represented in 
pi. VII. figs. 13, 13a was obtained from bed Ce. in the Cathedral, and agrees precisely 
with the corresponding tooth of the present species. It is somewhat smaller than is 
usually the case with the pleistocene European race of the species 4 (although some 
examples of the latter are scarcely larger 5 ), and agrees more nearly in this respect 
with the existing African race. The characteristic features of the lower carnassial 
of this species are the total absence of an inner cusp, the very small size of the 
hind talon, and the frequent presence of a small cingulum on the external aspect of 
the anterior half of the blade ; this cingulum being well-developed in the present 
specimen. The lower camassials of the Siwalik H. felina 6 and II. colvini 7 are mainly 
distinguished from the corresponding tooth of II. crocuta by the decidedly larger 


1 The -writer could not determine from which cave this specimen was obtained ; it is marked Pop. 

2 The inner surface is shown in the figure. 

3 The perforation is absent in Oenetta and Paradoxurus, but the humerus of the latter is distinguished by the great width 
of the distal expansion. 

4 Compare Gaudry, “Histoire des Temps Quatemaires,” pi. TV. fig. 9. (1876). 

5 Ibid. pi. I. fig. 1. 6 Supra, vol. II. pi. XXXVIII. fig. 1. 


7 Ibid. fig. 3. 


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hind talon ; the cingulum is, however, absent in the first, although well-developed in 
the second Siwalik species, being in some instances 1 considerably larger than in the 
existing one. 

Canine . — An imperfect upper canine (No. F. 223) from bed Ce in the Cathedral 
may not improbably be referred to the present species. 

Origin of the species . — The occurrence of II. crocuta in the Karnul caves is of 
extreme importance in regard to the history of the species, since it connects its 
distributional area with that of the primitive crocutine Siwalik hyaenas, and leaves 
but little doubt that the species originated in India from H. colvini and thence spread 
westward into Europe at the close of the pliocene or commencement of the pleis- 
tocene epoch 2 (when it attained its largest dimensions), and subsequently reached 
Africa. The strongly-marked cingulum in the Karnul carnassial is especially note- 
worthy as indicating the close connection of this race with H. colvini rather than 
with H. felina. 

VlVERRA KARNULIENSIS, nobis. 3 

Definition . — The species may be defined as equal in size to V. zibetha, but 
distinguished by the much longer space occupied by the premolar series, in which 
respect it appears allied to the Siwalik V. baJceri. 

Mandible. — The type specimen of this species was obtained from bed L 
in tlie Charnel-House, 4 and is represented in pi. VII. figs. 6, 6a. The specimen 

consists of a fragment of the alveolar portion of the left ramus of the mandible 

showing the alveoli of all the premolars except pm. 1, and the complete mTI in a 

partially-worn condition. The latter tooth agrees very closely, both in size and 

structure, with the carnassial of Viverra zibetha ; almost the only observable difference 
being that the crown is relatively rather wider, more especially in its talon half. 
The premolar alveoli, as will be seen by the measurements, occupy, however, a 
much longer space, and the ramus when complete was evidently much deeper. In 
the following table the dimensions of the specimen are compared with those of the 


mandible of V. zibetha. 

V. karnuliensis. V. sibetha. 

Length of mTl 0'59 0-6 

Wid*h of do. at mandible 0'3 0*3 

Length of space occupied by alveoli of last three premolars . . . . 1’28 1-08 


Affinities . — Viverra megaspila agrees so closely with V. zibetha that what applies 
in one case applies in the other, and the lower carnassial of F. civetta is quite 
different from that of the fossil. None of the larger existing species of Herpestes 
agree with the latter, so that its distinctness from all living species may be taken for 
granted. Of the Siwalik species V. balceri 5 (of which the mandible is unfortunately 
unknown) agrees with the present form in relative size, as well as in the important 
character of pm. 3 being longer than in the existing species. 6 This probably indicates 

l Supra, vol. II. p. 296. fig. 14. 2 It occurs in the Norfolk Forest bed. 3 ‘Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XIX. p. 120 (1886). 

4 See Foote * Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. p. 206. 6 Supra, vol. II. pi. XXXIII. fig. 1. 6 Ibid. p. 270. 

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that the Karnul civet is allied to this species, although the distinctness of the other 
Karnul mammals from those of the Siwaliks renders it unlikely that it is specifically 
the same. Compared with Iditherium the fossil agrees nearly in size with I. rob us turn, 1 
and approaches it in the depth of jaw and elongation of the premolars, but differs 
by the blade of the carnassial being longer in proportion to the talon. Since the 
two Siwalik species decidedly belong to Viverra 3 and not to Iditherium, it appears 
most probable that the Karnul form should likewise be referred to the existing genus. 
The Karnul mandible indicates, however, that the three extinct Indian species (like 
V. pepraxti, Dep^ret, 3 of the lower pliocene of France) were probably intermediate 
between V. zibetlia and I. robustum ; and it is also probable that the origin of the 
existing specialized Indian species may be traced directly through V. Jcarnuliensis to 
the Siwalik V. bakeril The apparent occurrence of Viverra 8 in the upper eocene 
(oligocene) of England indicates that the genus is an old one, and Iditherium must 
probably, therefore, be regarded as an offshoot from one of the later species which 
has assumed characters almost precisely intermediate between the less specialized 
species of Viverra and Ilgcena. 

Prionodon (?), sp. 

Humerus. — The imperfect left humerus of a small carnivore represented in pi. 
VII. fig. 12 was obtained from bed Cb in the Cathedral, and may probably be 
referred to the Viverridce. It indicates a species agreeing approximately in size with 
Herpestes griseus (fig. 9), but differs from the humerus of that genus by the absence 
of the supracondylar perforation and the smaller lateral expansion of the entepi- 
condyle ( en.c .). 6 It agrees in these points with Prionodon, and its resemblance to the 
corresponding bone of the Nipalese P. pardicolor is so close as to indicate the pro- 
bability of its belonging to the same genus, although it is of considerably larger 
size than the corresponding bone of that species, and would probably, therefore, 
agree more nearly with P. maculosus of Darjiling, Tenasserim, etc. The African 
genus Poiana is, however, very closely allied to Prionodon , 7 and since the writer is 
not aware that the limb-bones of the two can be distinguished, the reference of the 
present specimen to Prionodon must be regarded as purely provisional ; to whatever 
genus it really belongs the specimen is important as indicating a form apparently 
different from any now found in Madras. 

Herpestes griseus (Desmarest). 

Skull. — The slightly imperfect cranium and left mandibular ramus represented 
in pi. VII. figs. 7, 8 were obtained, in association with a considerable portion of the 

1 See Gaudry, “ Animaux Fossiles et Geologie de l’Attique,” pi. VII. 

2 This is shown by the shorter pm. 9 and larger m_l and m.‘ 2 . 

3 Theses. Faoult. Sci. Paris, ser. A. No. 67. (Bassin Tertiaire du Rousillon) p. 137. pi. IV. figs. 1-6 (1885). 

4 Supra, vol. II. p. 271. 6 Y. hasting site, Davies. See Lyd. “Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. I. p. 101. figs. 11-12. 

6 The humerus of Paradoxurus is distinguished by its wide distal expansion. In Mustela the humerus has no supracon- 
dylar perforation, but in M . Jlavigula that bone is much larger and its distal extremity relatively wider than the present 
specimen, while in the smaller species of that genus the whole bone is considerably smaller. 

7 See Mivart, ‘Proc. Zool. Soc.’ 1882. p. 159. 


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appendicular skeleton, from bed Ch in the Cathedral; they are remarkable for their 
extremely fresh and unaltered appearance, from which circumstance, together with 
the fossorial habits of the species, it is probablo that they are of later age than the 
bed in which they occur. A left mandibular ramus without teeth (No. F. 230, b) in 
a more mineralized condition from bed Ca in the same cave, and another belonging 
to the right side from the Purgatory cave (No. F. 230, c) may be apparently referred 
to the same species, and indicate its existence among the proper cave fauna. 

Humerus. — A left humerus from bed Ca in the Cathedral is represented in fig. 
9 of the same plate. This specimen is slightly smaller than the corresponding bone 
associated with the skull, but the difference is probably merely an individual one. 
Other specimens exhibit slight variations in both directions from the figured speci- 
mens, and it is not improbable that some of the larger ones may belong to U. smithi. 

Hespestes fuscus, Waterhouse. 

Mandible. — Of this small species, which occurs in Madras and Ceylon, 1 two man- 
dibular rami have been obtained from bed Cd in the Cathedral, of which the most 
perfect is represented in pi. VII. figs. 10, 10a. The figured specimen, which has lost 
all the teeth with the exception of pm. 4 and mT, agrees precisely with the mandible 
of the existing form. 

Humerus. — The left humerus represented in fig. 11 of the same plate is one of 
several specimens agreeing in relative size with the mandible, which are accordingly 
referred to the same species. These specimens were obtained from beds Ca and Cb 
of the Cathedral cave. 

Uksus labiatus, 2 Blainville. 

Syn. Melursus ursinus (Shaw). 

Humerus. — The imperfect distal extremity of a right humerus of this species 
represented from the palmar aspect in pi. VII. fig. 21 was obtained from the Chapter- 
House cave in a bed numbered Ab. 3 This specimen, which has lost the greater 
portion of the entepicondyle (m.c.), agrees so exactly with the humerus of the 
existing form that there can be no reasonable doubt as to its specific identity. 4 

Distribution. — The species is spread over all southern and central India, and is 
probably descended from the Siwalik U. theobaldi . 5 

Sorex, sp. 

Crania. — The superficial layers of the caves have yielded several crania of shrews, 
measuring IT inches in length, which probably belong 6 to S. serpentarius, Geoffroy, 
and it was at first thought that three imperfect crania from bed Ca in the Cathedral 

1 The Ceylon form has been separated by some writers as H. niacearthice. 

2 The reasons for adopting this name will be found in vol. II. p. 207. 

3 Mr. Foote has not published a section of the beds in this cave. 

4 It was suggested in the preliminary list that the specimen might perhaps belong to TJ. malayanus or U. namadicus. 

5 Supra, vol. II. p. 211. 6 In the preliminary list these specimens were provisionally referred to S. caruletcens. 


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and bed X in the Charnel-House were specifically identical. A subsequent examina- 
tion of these specimens has, however, shown that they are of considerably smaller 
size ; but the extreme difficulty of distinguishing the crania of the members of this 
genus renders it unsafe to attempt their specific determination. The well-marked 
hook to the first incisor indicates, however, that the specimens belong to Sorez 
proper. 

Taphozous saccol^emus, Temminck. 

Skulls. — Three imperfect crania and several fragments of the mandible of this 
species were obtained from beds C and Ci in the Cathedral, and also from the 
Charnel-House. The most perfect example of the cranium, which was obtained 
from bed Ci in the former cave, is represented in pi. VIII. figs. 10, 10a; the 
characteristic elongated postorbital process of the frontal is well shown in fig. 10, 
while the enlarged view of the cheek-teeth in fig. 10a exhibits the three true molars, 
the large pm. 4 , and the minute preceding premolar. 

Distribution. — The species is found over a considerable part of India, and also 
in Ceylon, Burma, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java. 

Phyllorhina diadema (GeofEroy). 

Skull. — Of this widely distributed species imperfect crania and mandibular 
rami are comparatively common in both the Cathedral and the Charnel-House caves. 
The middle portion of a cranium from the latter cave is represented in pi. VIII. fig. 
1 1 , and the cheek-dentition of another specimen from bed C/i in the Cathedral in 
fig. 11a. The upper cheek-dentition of this species is numerically the same as in 
Tajpliozous, but the penultimate premolar is placed more externally, and the inner 
borders of the true molars are more rounded ; there is no supraorbital process to the 
frontal. A left mandibular ramus from bed Ci in the Cathedral, in which the 
anterior teeth are wanting, is represented in fig. 12 of the same plate ; and there 
are numerous similar specimens from the Charnel-House. 

Humerus. — The right humerus from bed Ci in the Cathedral represented in pi. 
VIII. figs. 9, 9a may probably be referred to the present species. There are other 
similar specimens in the collection. 

Sciurus macrurus, Hardwicke. 

Mandible. — The fragment of the left mandibular ramus of a squirrel represented 
in pi. VIII. fig. 5, which was obtained from bed Ga in the Cathedral and contains 
the partially worn mTT, agrees so closely with the mandible of S. macrurus, now 
inhabiting Madras, that it may be pretty safely referred to that species. 

Gerbillus indicus (Hardwicke). 

Mandible . — This species is represented by several mandibular rami from the 
Cathedral and Charnel-House caves. The mineral condition of these specimens 
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associated. The specimen represented in woodcut fig. 1 A is from bed Ca in the 
Cathedral, and belongs to a fully adult male, the molars being well worn. The 




A. B. 


Fig. 1. Gerbillus indicus. The left ramus of the mandible (\) and grinding surface of the lower molars (f). 

A. belongs to an adult male and is from bed Ca in the Cathedral ; while B. belongs to an immature female, 
and is from bed X in the Charnel-House. (Indian Museum, No. F. 338). 

smaller specimen represented in fig. 1 B has the molars much less worn, and may 
probably be referred to an immature female ; it was obtained from bed X in the 
Charnel-House. The length of the space occupied by the three molars in this 
specimen is 0*24 inch, against 0*28 in the larger example j 1 the size of the teeth in 
the former being not greater than in G. hurriance of north India and Persia. Since, 
however, the structure of the molars and incisors is similar to that obtaining in G. 
indicus and quite distinct from that of G. hurriance, 2 there seems no doubt that the 
specimen must be regarded as belonging to a small example of the former species. 

Nesokia bandicoota (Bechstein). 

Syn. Nesokia, gigantea , Auct. 

Maxilla and mandible. — Three fragments of maxillae and three left mandibular 
rami, the majority 3 of which were obtained from bed H in the Charnel-House, 
belong to this species. Although the burrowing habits of these animals might 
account for the occurrence of their bones among the pleistocene fauna, yet the con- 
dition of the specimens of this and the next species indicates that they were probably 
contemporaries. One of the mandibular rami, in which the incisor has been pushed 
back in its socket, is represented in pi. VIII. figs. 15, 15a. The great width of the 
incisors characteristic of the genus 4 is well shown in this specimen. 

Limb-bones. — To this species 5 may probably be referred the imperfect humerus 
and femur represented in pi. VIII. figs. 1 and 2 ; while the larger femur represented 
in fig. 3 of the same plate may perhaps belong to an unusually large individual of 
the same species. These bones are relatively stouter than the corresponding elements 
of the skeleton of Mus decumanus. 

Nesokia kok, Gray. 

Crania. — The imperfect cranium of this species represented in pi. VIII. figs. 13, 

1 In the enlarged figures the artist has made the teeth of the two specimens too nearly equal in size. 

2 See Blanford, “ Zoology and Geology of Eastern Persia,” p. 69. (1876). 

3 Owing to the breaking of these specimens in transit their numbers were partially destroyed. 

4 The genus occurs in the Siwaliks ; see ‘ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.’ pt. I. p. 226. (1886). 

5 There is no example of the skeleton of a Nesokia in the British Museum. 

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13a was obtained from bed Cb in tbe Cathedral ; and there is another specimen from 
bed B in the Charnel-House. 

Mandible. — Mandibular rami are comparatively common, and have been obtained 
from beds well down in the series in both the Cathedral and Charnel-House caves ; 
the specimen 1 figured in pi. VIII. figs. 14, 14a is from bed Ch in the former. 

Limb-bones. — v The imperfect femur represented in fig. 4 of the above plate, as 
being smaller than the corresponding bone provisionally referred to N. bandicoota, 
probably belongs to the present species. A humerus (No. F. 347) from bed Ca in 
the Cathedral agrees in relative size with the figured femur. 

Mus mettada 2 (Gray). 

Syn. Golunda mettada , Gray. 

Skull. — An imperfect skull and numerous mandibular rami (No. F. 209) of this 
species have been obtained from the Charnel-House, but the extremely fresh ap- 
pearance of these specimens, coupled with the burrowing habits of the species, 
renders it doubtful whether they are really contemporaneous with the pleistocene 
fauna. The mandible of this species is readily distinguished from that of Golunda 
ellioti by its inferior vertical depth, and a specimen of a left mandibular ramus (No. 
F. 209a) from bed Cd in the Cathedral, which is well fossilized, probably indicates 
the occurrence of the species among the pleistocene fauna. 

Mus platythrix, Sykes. 

Syn. Leggada platythrix , Gray. 

Skull. — Of this small burrowing mouse an imperfect cranium and several man- 
dibular rami (No. F. 210) have been obtained from the Charnel-House, but their 
fresh condition points to their recent introduction. 

Mus (?) sp. var. 

Mandible.— Three species of Muridce apparently distinct from any of those 
specifically named in this memoir are indicated by mandibular rami, which from 
their well-mineralized condition are apparently contemporaneous with the pleistocene 
fauna. The first specimen (No. F. 339) belongs to the right side, and the length of 
the three molars is 029 inch ; it was obtained from bed Cd in the Cathedral. The 
second (No. F. 340) is from bed X in the Charnel-House, and is rather larger than 
Mus mettada; a fragment of the right maxilla probably belongs to the same in- 
dividual. The third form is represented by a left mandibular ramus (No. F. 341) 
from the same bed, which is slightly larger than Mus platythrix. 

Golunda ellioti, Gray. 

Skull. — Several specimens (No. F. 211) of the cranium and mandible of this 
species have been obtained from the Charnel-House, but their unaltered condition 
indicates their recent origin. 

1 This specimen belongs to the right side, but has been reversed in order to facilitate comparison with fig. 15. 

2 Amended from meltada ; see W. T. Blanford, ‘ Joum. As. Soc. Beng.’ vol. XLV. pt. 2. p. 170. note (1876), where it 
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Hystrix crassidens, n. sp., nobis. 

Definition. — This form 1 is considerably larger than II. hirsutirostris , from which 
it is also distinguished by the circumstance that the upper incisors are much wider 
than the lower. 

Tipper incisors. — The extremities of a pair of upper incisors are figured in pi. 
VIII. fig. 19 ; another left tooth being represented from the lateral aspect in fig. 20. 
The measurements of the latter and of an upper incisor of H. hirsutirostris are as ' 
follows. 

H. crassidens. E. hirsutirostris. 

Antero-posterior diameter 0-44 0 - 30 

Transverse do 0-32 0-22 

Mandible. — The left ramus of a complete immature mandible is figured in pi. 
VIII. figs. 17, 17 a ; mm. 4 is still in situ, m.3 has not come into wear, and the incisor 
is pushed partly out of its alveolus. The contour of this specimen agrees very closely 
with the mandible of H. hirsutirostris, but the space occupied by the molar series is 
longer ; the latter feature being still better exemplified in a rather older example 
represented in fig. 16, where m.3 is more protruded, and pm. 4 is seen in alveolo. In 
the latter specimen the length of the space occupied by the three true molars is 1 *22 
inches, the corresponding length in a somewhat older example of H. hirsutirostris 
being 1*05 inches. The incisor of the figured mandible agrees in width with that of 
the living species, and is much narrower than the upper incisor of the fossil, and 
since the same feature is exhibited by all the lower fossil incisors (the extremities of 
a pair being represented in fig. 21), it may be taken as a character of the species. 
The concave surface of the lower incisors of the fossil is less narrowed than in 
the living species. The dimensions of the recent and fossil lower incisors are as. 
hollows. 

H. crassidens. E. hirsutirostris. 

Antero-posterior diameter 0 - 32 0 - 28 

Transverse do. ............ 0 - 25 0'25 

Cheek-teeth. — Beyond their superior size it does not appear that the cheek-teeth 
of the fossil can be distinguished from those of the recent species. 2 A detached 
right upper premolar is represented in fig. 18 to show the large dimensions which 
these teeth attain, the antero-posterior diameter of the base of the crown being 05 
inch. 

Humerus. — A specimen of the right humerus, wanting the proximal epiphysis, is 
represented in pi. VIII. fig. 6 ; it is of considerably larger size than the corresponding 
bone of H. hirsutirostris, from which it is also distinguished by the shorter deltoid 
ridge {dr). 

Distinctness imd affinities. — The difference in the size of the upper and lower 
incisors appears tq be a character by which the Karnul porcupine is distinguished 

l Referred in ‘ Rec. A 0 1. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XIX. p. 120. to H. hirsutirostris. Tlie writer follows Prof. Flower in 
adopting the latter name in piq.ce of II. leucura. 

e molars in the specimen represented in fig. 17, 17a is due to their very early stage of wear. 


38 INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY YERTEBRATA. 


not only from H. hirsutirostris , but from all other existing species. In respect of 
size the Siwalik H. sioalensis 1 agrees with the fossil, but is distinguished by its low- 
crowned and rooted molars ; and since the writer has been unable to identify the 
Karnul form with any other fossil porcupine it is regarded as a new species, which 
may be known as H. crassidens. It is probable that this species is the connecting 
link between the Siwalik and the existing Indian porcupines. 

Horizon. — The majority of the remains of the present species were obtained 
from the Cathedral cave, and mainly from the bed Cd, although some were met 
with in beds C, Gc, Ce, and Cf. 

Atherura karnuliensis, n. sp., nobis. 

Distribution of the genus. — The genus Atherura is now confined to west Africa 
and the regions on the eastern side of the bay of Bengal. The Oriental A . fasciculata 
is rather larger than the Ethiopian A. africana , but is closely allied. 

Definition. — The present species is rather larger than A. fasciculata, and distin- 
guished by the greater bevelling of the lateral borders of the anterior surface of the 
incisors. 

Incisors. — The species is represented only by a few upper and lower incisors, two 
of which, obtained from bed Cd in the Cathedral cave, are figured in pi. VIII. figs. 22, 
23. Compared with the incisors of A. fasciculata these teeth indicate a slightly larger 
form, and are distinguished by the more-marked bevelling of their outer edges, and 
a difference in their curvature. They are still larger than the incisors of A. africana , 
but much smaller than those of any existing species of Hystrix. Their resemblance 
to the incisors of Atherura is indeed so close as to leave little, if any, doubt as to 
their generic identity, and since they appear to indicate a form decidedly distinft 
from either of the existing species it has been thought well to give to this form tne 
name of A. karnuliensis. The rarity of the remains of Atherura as compared v/ith 
those of Hystrix seems to indicate that the former genus was dying out in Madras in 
the pleistocene, but its occurrence there is of considerable importance as tending 
to bridge over the enormous interval separating the areas respectively inhabited by 
the two existing species. 

Lepus (cf. nigricollis, F. Cuvier). 

Mandible. — In the absence of any evidence to the contrary the remains of 
the Karnul hare are provisionally referred to the existing south Indian species, 
although they are really insufficient for specific determination. There are three 
specimens of imperfect right mandibular rami (No. F. 218), of which the least im- 
perfect was obtained from bed Ca in the Cathedral, while the other two were found 
in bed A a in the Chaper-House. 

Limb-bones and vertebrae. —In the Cathedral, Charnel-House, and Purgatory caves 
limb-bones and vertebrae of the hare are very common, and exteud to beds low down 


i Supra, vol. III. p. 109. 


FAUNA OF THE KARNUL CAVES. 39 

in the series. A humerus from the Purgatory cave is figured in pi. VIII. fig. 7. 

Equus asinus, Linn. 

Definition of the term . — Under this specific name may be included both the 
domestic races, and the wild asses of Nubia and Somali-land, which are referred to 
two races by Mr. Sclater. 1 2 

Molars . — The much-worn third right upper true molar, of which the crown 
surface is represented in pi. IX. fig. 15, was obtained from bed Cf in the Cathedral, 
and agrees so exactly with the corresponding tooth of the domestic E. asinus that 
there is every probability of its specific identity.* This specimen, of which the 
antero-posterior diameter is only 089 inch, is in a thoroughly fossilized condition. A 
little-worn left upper tooth belonging to the middle of the cheek-series (No. F. 253) 
from bed Cb in the same cave agrees in relative size with the preceding specimen ; 
its antero-posterior diameter being 0*85, and the transverse 0*79 inch. The third 
right lower true molar from bed Cf in the Cathedral represented in fig. 1 1 of the 
same plate agrees so exactly with the corresponding upper tooth that it might have 
been thought to have belonged to the same individual, were it not that it is in a 
less worn condition. The antero-posterior diameter of this specimen is T08 inches. 
The much-worn left lower tooth represented in fig. 12 of the same plate was 
obtained from bed Ca in the same cave, and from its very small size is evidently 
m.l ; its length is 0*8 inch. 

Metatarsal . — A right third metatarsal 3 (No. F. 258) from bed Ca in the Cathedral 
agrees in relative size with the teeth. The length of this specimen is 8-2, and the 
transverse diameter of the distal extremity T54 inches. 

Distribution. — The existing wild races of E. asinus being confined to north 
Africa it is extremely interesting to find evidence in the pleistocene of southern 
India of a form which there is every reason to regard as specifically the same, and 
which not improbably indicates that the African races originally migrated from 
India. A fragment of the right ramus of the mandible of a small species of Equus 
from the pleistocene of the Narbada (British Museum No. M. 2690 4 ) may not im- 
probably indicate the existence of the present or an allied species in that area. 

Equus, sp. a. 

Upper molars . — Several molars of an Equus of superior size to E. asinus , and 
agreeing approximately in this respect with E. onager of north-western India and 
Persia have been obtained from the Cathedral cave. Three of these specimens 
belonging to the upper jaw are represented in pi. IX. figs. 14, 16, 17 ; those in figs. 


1 ‘ Proc. Zool. Soc.’ 1884. p. 542. Equus taniopus, Heuglin, is a synonym of one of these forms, and the inclusion of 
both in E. asinus renders unnecessary the note in reference to E. tamiopus given in vol. II. p. xi. of this work. 

2 There are apparently no means of distinguishing the teeth of E. asinus from those of a very small pony, but the 
absence of any wild diminutive species of true horses in India and Africa renders it highly improbable that the Kamul Equus 
belonged to such a form. 

3 Noticed by Mr. Foote in the ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. p. 204 (No. 2). 

* “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. III. p. 73 (1885). 


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40 INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


14 and 17 being from the middle of the cheek-series of the left side, and the one in 
fig. 1 6 the last upper true molar of the same side ; two are from bed Gc, while the 
third is from Gd. These teeth agree with those of existing species in the excessive 
length of the antero-internal pillar (e), and are inferior in size to E. namadicus of 
the Narbada pleistocene. 1 The specimen represented in fig. 16 appears scarcely 
larger than the corresponding opposite tooth of E. asinus represented in fig. 15 ; 
but this is accounted for by its much earlier stage of wear, its antero-posterior 
diameter at the horizontal plane corresponding to that of the latter specimen being 
0-98 inch. 

Lower molar. — The third right lower true molar from bed Cb in the Cathedral 
represented in fig. 13 exhibits the difference in size between the corresponding tooth 
of E. asinus (fig. 11). 

Metatarsal. — A right third metatarsal (No. F. 259) from bed Gf in the Cathedral, 
which has lost a portion of its distal extremity, agrees in relative size with the fore- 
going teeth ; its extreme length being 9*3 inches. This specimen is much smaller 
than the average of the metatarsals of the fossil races of E. caballus (and therefore 
than those of E. namadicus), and apparently indicates a species of the size of E. 
onager. 

Affinities. — The foregoing specimens are insufficient for specific distinction, and 
all that can be said about them is that they indicate a species superior in size to E. 
asinus , which is certainly distinct both from the larger E. namadicus of the earlier 
pleistocene, and E. sivalensis 2 of the pliocene of India. This species was about equal 
in dimensions to the existing Indian E. onager and some of the south African 
species ; 3 and, judging from the marked Ethiopian facies of a considerable portion 
of the Karnul fauna, and the absence at the present day of any existing wild Equus 
in southern India, it is not improbable that its affinities may be with the latter. 

Rhinoceros karnuliensis, nobis . 4 

History. — The remains on which this species is founded were provisionally 
identified by Mr. Foote 5 with B. sondaicus, but their distinctness was shown by the 
present writer in the paper cited above. The remains comprise numerous detached 
upper and lower cheek-teeth, many of which are imperfect, the greater portion of 
the left ramus of the mandible, a fragment of a right ramus with one true molar, 
the greater part of a humerus, three imperfect cervical vertebrae, and the distal half 
of a metapodial. The mandible and the more perfect teeth, to which comparisons 
will be mainly confined, are figured in pi. X. 

Mandible. — It will be convenient to commence the description with the left 
mandibular ramus, of which two views are given on a scale of one half in pi. X. 

1 Vide supra, vol. II. pi. XTV. fig. 3 — on the assumption that some of the specimens are premolars. 

2 Distinguished hy the antero-posterior shortness of the antero-internal pillar of the upper cheek-teeth. 

3 In the upper molars of E. zebra figured by Riitimeyer in the “Pferde der Quaternar-Epoche” (‘ Abh. shweiz. pal. Ges.’ 
vol. II.) pis. I. and II. fig. 7 (1877), the antero-internal pillar is more elongated antero-posteriorly. 

4 ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XIX. p. 120 (1886). 5 Ibid. vol. XVIII. p: 232 (R. javanicuej . 


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figs. 4, 4a. This specimen comprises the greater portion of the horizontal ramus 
and the hinder part of the symphysis ; the last five cheek-teeth are in situ , and from 
their worn condition indicate that their owner was an adult individual ; the alveolus 
of pm. 2 still remains, but as there is no trace of that of pm. I the latter tooth must 
have totally disappeared. In size the specimen corresponds with the mandible of 
R. sondaicus. In the broken extremity of the symphysis there is no trace of alveoli 
for canines, and this circumstance, together with the backward extension of the 
symphysis to the anterior border of pmV3 (fig. 4), the convexity of the inferior 
border of the ramus, the sudden inward curvature of the external border of the 
ramus in advance of the same tooth, the backward position of the mentary foramen 
(for.), and the narrow, deep, symphysial channel, indicate that the specimen belongs 
to that group 1 of rhinoceroses in which the canines are usually absent, 2 and all the 
known forms are bicorn. The length of the space occupied by the five cheek-teeth 
is 7*6 inches, and the length of m. 3 1*9 inches. The cheek-teeth are remarkable for 
the extremely thick coat of cement which invests the bases of their crowns ; they 
have no trace of any external cingulum, but do not present any other well-marked 
specific characters. The fragment of a right mandibular ramus (No. F. 238) con- 
taining the slightly worn ul 3 is of rather larger size, the length of the tooth being 
2*0 inches. 

Upper true molars. — Of the upper true molars the crowns 3 of the associated left 
m.2 and m.3 are represented in pi. X. figs. 1, la, ib ; the collection also contains the 
crown of the right m.3 of the same individual, and a less perfect specimen of the 
right m. 1 or m.2 (No. F. 234). The figured specimens are in a middle condition of 
wear, and belong to the more common type of structure, as exemplified in R. 
sondaicus. The first and second costae (c, d) are prominent and form a well-marked 
buttress, 4 and the external surface is deeply curved ; there is a distinct cingulum on 
the anterior and inner surfaces of the anterior collis (a), which is totally absent on 
the posterior collis ( b ) ; the two colies are separated by a considerable interval : the 
crochet ( e ) is well developed and has a separate accessory tubercle in the median 
valley, which occurs in all the specimens in the collection ; there is no combing-plate, 
no antecrochet, nor any trace of a tubercle at the entrance of the median valley ( g ), 
and when more worn the crowns would present only two fossettes. Compared with 
the molars of B. sondaicus the crowns appear to have been relatively rather shorter, 
and may be described as being probably of a sub-brachydont type. 5 The length of 
the outer surface of m-2 is 1*8, and that of its anterior surface 2*1 inches. 

l The Atelodine group (to which R. deecanensis belongs) ; see “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.’ pt. III. p. 92. 

a In R. persia, Pohlig (‘ Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc.’ vol. XLII. p. 178), of Maragha lower canines are present. 

3 The roots of all these teeth have been gnawed off by porcupines. 

4 The absence of a buttress is seen in the third right upper true molar of R. unicornis represented in figs. 3, 3a of the 
same plate. 

5 In the preliminary notice these teeth were described as decidedly brachydont. Subsequent examination has, however, 
shown that owing to their partially worn condition and the fact of the base of the crowns having been gnawed away, it is 
very difficult to come to a certain conclusion on this point. 


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INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


Upper premolars. — There are unfortunately no perfect upper premolars in the 
collection ; hut the inner half of a well-worn right pm. -3 is represented in pi. X. 
fig. 2. This specimen 1 shows that there is no trace of a cingulum on the anterior 
collis (a), and merely an oblique ridge running downwards and backwards on the 
anterior aspect of the posterior collis (b) ; the two colles unite at their junction for a 
considerable part of their height. The corresponding portion of the left pm. 4 of 
the same individual (No. F. 135a) presents precisely similar features. 

Affinities. — That the present form is specifically distinct from all the existing 
Indian species of Rhinoceros is self-apparent ; and it will not be difficult to show its 
apparent distinctness from all the fossil species of the same country. In Madras 
two other species occur in a fossil condition ; the first of which appears identical 
with the existing R. unicornis , and is known by the slightly-worn third right upper 
true molar represented in pi. X. figs. 3, 3a, which was obtained several years ago by 
Mr. Foote from a turbary, and is interesting as showing the extensive range of this 
species in past times. 2 The second species, R. deccanensis, Foote, 3 is of pleistocene 
age, and, although of somewhat superior size, agrees with the present form in the 
absence of lower canines, and in the general plan of structure of the upper true 
molars. The teeth are, however, described as being markedly hypsodont, and 
without any appreciable quantity of cement, while in the upper true molars the 
external surface is nearly flat, and the colles are approximated and show no trace of 
any internal cingulum. In the premolars, however, there is a very strongly-marked 
cingulum completely surrounding the inner half of the crown, 4 and the inner half 
of the anterior colles appears less flattened. The premolars are moreover larger in 
proportion to the true molars, the antero-posterior diameter of p m. 4 being 1*55 and 
that of m.2 1*9, while in the present form the corresponding dimensions are 1T5 
and 1'7. In the mandible the arcuation of the inferior border, and especially the 
upward inclination of its anterior moiety, is very much more strongly marked, 5 and 
the bases of the crowns of pm. 2 and pm. 3 are placed on a considerably higher level 
than that of pm. 4, instead of in the same horizontal line. The symphysial channel 
appears wider, much less distinctly defined, and more open ; pm. 2 is apparently 
larger and more widely separated from its fellow of the opposite side, while there is 
a distinct cingulum at the two extremities of the outer surfaces of the premolars, 
but no trace of a mentary foramen below pm. 3. From the structure of that portion 
of the symphysis still remaining it appears probable that this part was rather shorter 
in the fossil. With the fossil rhinoceroses of the Siwaliks the present form has no 
affinity ; the only bicorn species ( R . platyrhinus ) having upper cheek teeth of a 
totally different type of structure. The Maragha R. persice 8 is also an entirely 
different form. 

1 It is highly probable that this and the next specimen belong to the same individual as the true molars. 

2 The artist has foreshortened the inner surfaces of the colles in fig. 3, which makes the crown look lower than it really 

is, but its true height is shown in fig. 3a. 3 Supra, vol. I. pp. 1-17. pis. I. -III. 

4 Compare Foote, op. cit. pi. I. 5 Compare Foote, pi. II. fig. 3. 6 Vide supra, p 41, note 2. 


FAUNA OF THE KARNUL CAVES. 


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Of the fossil European members of the Atelodine group occurring above the 
Pikermi horizon the one which apparently comes nearest to the Karnul rhinoceros is 
R. etruscus. The upper cheek-dentition of that species is, however, apparently 
somewhat more brachydont, while the upper premolars usually have a very distinct 
horizontal cingulum on their inner aspect, 1 and are larger in porportion to the true 
molars. The latter are, however, very like those of the fossil, and show a cingulum 
on the inner aspect of the anterior collis in the two last of the series, 2 although the 
second costa does not extend to the base of the crown. The mandible also approaches 
the Karnul jaw in general contour, but the symphysial channel is shallower and less 
defined, while the outer surface of the horizontal ramus inclines less inwardly in 
front of pm. 3, and the mentary foramen is usually double and has its hinder aperture 
placed below pm. 2 instead of pm. 3, and nearer to the inferior border of the ramus ; 3 
there is also a distinct cingulum at the two extremities of the outer surface of the 
lower cheek-teeth. 4 

Of the two existing African rhinoceroses R. simus has no affinity with the 
present form, but R. bicornis appears very closely allied. The upper cheek-teeth of 
the latter have, however, considerably higher crowns, the second costa in the true 
molars does not extend to the base of the crown, and the buttress in the same teeth 
appears less strongly marked, while the premolars have a slight cingulum, which 
does not present an oblique ridge on the posterior collis. The contour of the in- 
ferior border of the mandible is also more curved, 5 but the hinder part of the 
symphysis is extremely like that of the fossil, many specimens showing the same 
well-defined channel. In most examples of the. existing species the mentary foramen 
occupies the same position as in the fossil, 6 but the symphysis of the latter was 
almost certainly somewhat longer anteriorly, and was perhaps intermediate in this 
respect between R. bicornis and R. etruscus. The bicorn R. pacliygnathus of Pikermi 
appears closely allied to R. bicornis , and differs from the fossil in much the same 
respects as the latter. 

Summary — The usual ill fortune of the palaeontologist obtains in the present 
instance, for had but the mandibular symphysis of the Karnul rhinoceros been complete 
there would have been no question whether its affinities were nearest to U. etruscus and 
R. deccanen&is, or to R. bicornis. There is, however, apparently but little doubt as 
to its specific distinctness from the first of these three species ; and if it be assumed 
that the presence of the cingulum in the upper premolars, the absence of a large 
amount of cement in the cheek-teeth, the contour of the mandible, and the position 
of the mentary foramen, are constant characters in the second species, it will bo 
evident that the present form cannot be identified with the Deccan rhinoceros. The 
apparently more hypsodont dentition of R. bicornis and the difference in the contour 


1 Compare Boyd -Dawkins “ Quart. Joum. Geol. Soc.” vol. XXIV. pi. VII. fig. 1 (1868). 

2 Ibid. pi. VII. fig. 1. and VIII. fig. 4. 3 Compare “Falconer’s Palaeontological Memoirs,” vol. II. pi. XXVII. 

4 Compare Dawkins, op. cit. pi. VII. fig. 3. 5 Compare Blainville’s “ Osteographie ” — genus Hhinocei-os, pi. III. 

6 It is occasionally situated below pm. 2 - 


K 


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INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


of the inferior border of the mandible, together with the apparently longer sym- 
physis, seems to indicate specific distinction in this instance also. 

These conclusions entail the necessity of at least provisionally regarding the 
Karnul rhinoceros as specifically distinct from all other described forms. Additional 
specimens are, however, essential to a fuller comprehension of its affinities, and all 
that can be said at present is that the species appears to show characters connecting 
it on the one hand with R. etruscus and R. deccanensis, and on the other with It. 
bicornis. 

Horizon. — The majority of the specimens were obtained from the Cathedral 
cave, the more perfect ones being found in the beds C, Ob, Cc, and Gd, and broken 
fragments in Ce and Cf. 1 Specimens were also found in the Charnel-House, the 
right upper true molar (No. F. 234) noticed on page 41 being apparently the one 
alluded to by Mr. Foote 2 from that cave. 


Bos, or Bubalus, sp. 

Limb-bones, teeth , and mandible . — The remains of ruminants belonging either to 
one or both of the above-mentioned genera are abundant in the Cathedral, especially 
in the beds Ob, Cc, and Cd, and comprise limb-bones, detached teeth, and several 
imperfect mandibular rami. In the absence, however, of any of the characteristic 
portions of the cranium it seems impossible to make a generic determination of these 
specimens. 


Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pallas). 

Syn. . Portax picta, H. Smith. 

Upper molars. — Several upper molars of this species were obtained from the 

Cathedral in beds Ga, Cb, Cc, and Gd, of which 
three are represented in pi. XI. figs. 7, 8, 9. 
The slightly worn specimens represented from 
the inner aspects in figs. 7, 9, judging from 
their comparatively short crowns, are probably 
examples of md (of the right side), while the 
unworn tooth of which the outer aspect is 
shown in fig. 8 is m,2 of the same side. These 
teeth agree precisely with the molars of the 
existing race, of which the left mdJ of a female 
is figured in the accompanying woodcut, and 
exhibit the characteristic tall crown, with the 
long and slender accessory inner column, which 
is attached entirely to the hinder crescent. It is very difficult to point out any 
characters by which these teeth can be distinguished from those of the Siwalik 
Boselaphus figured in plate XIII. of the preceding volume of this work. 

Lower molar and mandible . — An unworn left (second ?) lower true molar, which 



Pig. 2. Boselaphus tragocamelus. The second 
, left upper true molar, in an almost unworn 
condition : recent, India. 


l Vide Foote ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVIII. p. 230. 


2 Ibid. vol. XVII. p. 204. 


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has lost part of the inner column of the anterior lobe, from bed Aa in the Chapter- 
House, is represented from the external aspect in pi XI. fig. 10. Mr. Foote 1 refers 
to this species a fragment of the left ramus of a mandible (No. F. 285) from bed L in 
the Charnel-House, containing the much- worn mTT and n TV ; while the right ramus of 
a very young animal with the three milk-molars represented in pi. XI. figs. 14, 14a 
may also be referred to it. The latter agrees very closely with a slightly older 
specimen of the opposite ramus of the Siwalik form represented in vol. III. pi. 
XIII. fig. 4. 

Genus, non. det. 

Upper molar . — The partially-worn and slightly imperfect left upper true molar 
from bed Cb of the Cathedral represented in pi. XI. figs. 2, 2a apparently indicates 
the occurrence of a large antelope belonging to the group which comprises the 
genera Oryx, Palceoryz, Addax, and Hippotragus. The tooth is characterized by the 
square form of the base of the crown, the large size of the inner accessory column, 
and the well-developed costas on the outer surface. Among living antelopes the 
specimen comes nearest to the teeth of Oryx and Hippotragus, but apparently in- 
dicates a more brachydont form ; it differs from the former by being narrower, and 
by the absence of the antero-posterior expansion of the accessory column. The 
molars of the Pikermi species of Palceoryx have a flatter outer surface, and a very 
minute accessory column ; but the tooth of the so-called Antilope boodon, from the 
pliocene of France, which is referred by M. Dep4ret 2 to Palceoryx is exceedingly like 
the Indian fossil. The latter differs from the molars of Orecis, Strepsiceros, and 
Palceoreas , by the more marked external costae, and from the existing species of the 
two former genera by the presence of the large accessory column, although resem- 
bling the fossil forms in this respect. 3 

Gazella benetti (Sykes). 

Mandible. — The imperfect left mandibular ramus from bed Ca in the Cathedral 
represented in pi. XI. figs. 15, 15a agrees precisely with the mandible of a female of 
this species in the British Museum (No. 617d) 4 ; the relative shortness of the pre- 
molars, which is a characteristic feature of the genus, being well shown in the fossil. 
A fragment of the left ramus of the mandible of a male (No. F. 279) was obtained 
from bed / in the Charnel-House ; and it is not improbable that an atlas vertebra 
(No. F. 279a) from the Purgatory cave, an axis (No. F. 279 b) from the Cathedral, 
and some metapodials and phalangeals (No. 279 c) may also belong to the present 
species. 

Antilope cervicapra (Linn). 

Syn. A. bezoartica, Auct. 

Upper molar. — The partially-worn second left upper true molar from bed Gb in 

1 ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. p. 206 (No. 1). 

2 ‘ Theses. Facult. Sci. Paris.’ ser. A. No. 67 — ‘ Bassin Tertiaire du Rousillon.’ p. 247. pi. III. figs. 9, 10 (1885). 

3 Vide supra, pp. 8, 9. 4 Gray “ Hand-list of Edentate, Ruminant, and Thick-Skinned Animals,” p. 109 (1873). 


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INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


the Cathedral represented in pi. XI. figs. 13, 13a agrees precisely with the corres- 
sponding tooth of this species, and may accordingly be taken as indicating its 
occurrence among the Karnul fauna. 

Tetraceros quadricornis (Blainville). 

Mandible . — The imperfect left mandibular ramus containing all the cheek-teeth 
except pm. 2 represented in pi. XI. figs. 12, 12a was obtained from bed Cd in the 
Cathedral. This specimen, which exhibits the slender external accessory column in 
the true molars characteristic of some individuals of this species, 1 cannot be distin- 
guished from the corresponding portion of the mandible of existing examples of 
the four-horned antelope,' and exhibits the relatively large size of the premolars 
characteristic of the genus. The relatively large size of these teeth may be seen 
by comparing the figures of the specimen with those of the mandible of Gazella 
bennetti represented in figs. 15, 15a of the same plate, when it will be observed that 
while the length of m73 is nearly the same in the two specimens, the length of the 
space occupied by the three preraolars in the latter is rather less than the united 
length of the two hinder teeth of that series in the present specimen. Tetraceros 
quadricornis is one of the commonest of the larger Madras mammals, and may 
probably be regarded as the descendant of the smaller T. daviesi 2 of the Siwaliks. 

Cervus aristotelis, Cuvier. 

Antler . — An imperfect antler from bed Ca in the Cathedral agrees very closely 
with that of the existing sambar. 

Molars . — Numerous upper molars indistinguishable from those of the living 
race have been obtained from beds Gb, Cc, Cd, and Cf, of the Cathedral, of which 
two very perfect examples are figured in pi. XI. figs. 5, 5a, and 6, 6a. The 
specimen represented in figs. 5, 5a is a first left upper true molar, while that in 
figs. 6, 6a is the second molar of the opposite side. Both teeth are partially worn, 
and exhibit very clearly the short, squared crowns, with the large accessory column 
attached at its base to both the adjacent crescents. 

Vertebra and limb-bones . — It is not improbable that an atlas vertebra (No. F 
305) from bed Ca of the Cathedral belongs to this species, and Mr. Foote 3 refers to 
it an imperfect tibia (No. F. 305, a) and an astragalus (No. F. 305, b) from .bed L in 
the Charnel-House. 

Cange . — The species is found throughout India, and thence through Assam and 
Burma to the Malay peninsula, and also occurs in Ceylon ; it has been provisionally 
recorded from the pleistocene of the Narbada valley. 4 

Cervus axis, Erxleben. 

Molars . — To this species may be referred the two specimens of third upper true 
molars from beds Cb and Cc in the Cathedral represented in pi. XI. figs. 1, la, and 3. 

l Vide supra, p. 20. 2 Ibid, p. 19. 3 ‘Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVII. p. 207 (Nos. 15, 16). 

i “ Cat. Foss. Mamin. Brit. Hus.” pt. H. p. 103 (1885). 


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The specimen in figs. 1,1a belongs to the tight side, and is but slightly worn ; it 
exhibits the comparative hypsodontism characteristic of this species, and the very 
small size of the inner accessory column. The specimen represented in fig. 3 is 
considerably more worn, and belongs to the left side. The right first or second 
lower true molar represented in fig. 4 of the sairle plate was obtained from bed Cc 
of the Cathedral. 

(?) Cervulus muntjac (Zimmermann). 

Syn. Cervulus aureus , Auct. 

Upper molar. — The imperfect tooth from the Purgatory cave represented in pi. 
XI. figs. 11, 11a agrees exactly with the corresponding portion of the second right 
upper true molar of the muntjac, and may probably be referred to that species, 
although it is very difficult to distinguish such an imperfect specimen from the 
corresponding tooth of Tetraceros quadricornis. 


Tragulus (cf. meminna [Erxleben]). 

Metapodials. — Two specimens of the distal half of metapodials wanting the 
epiphyses (No. F. 307), from bed Cc in the Cathedral, indicate the presence of a 
chevrotain, which is probably identical with the existing Indian species, among the 
Karnul fauna. 


Sus cristatus, Wagner. 

Occurrence. — Detached teeth of Sus occur very commonly in nearly all the beds of 
the Cathedral, and in many of those of the other caves. The difference in the size 
of the cheek-teeth indicates the occurrence of two forms, one of which may be 
identified with the existing Indian species, while the other apparently indicates a 
new species. Since the third true molars afford the best distinctive characters, com- 
parisons will be in the main confined to these teeth. 

Lower molars. — Three specimens of the third left lower true molar from beds 
Cb and Cc in the Cathedral are represented in pi. IX. figs. 1, 2, 4, of which the one 
in fig. 1 is the most, and that in fig. 4 the least worn. 1 The fragment of the right 
ramus of a mandible with the three true molars represented in fig. 5 of the same 
plate was obtained by Mr. Foote from a turbary in Madras in company with the 
molar of Rhinoceros unicornis figured in pi. X. fig. 3. The teeth of the latter speci- 
men, which from the complexity of the talon (b, c, d) may 
be inferred to have belonged to a male, agree exactly in 
size with those of average individuals of the existing 
race, of which a third lower molar is figured in the 
accompanying woodcut ; but the Karnul specimens are 
lover true moiar'of a maieT^Recwit” slightly larger. In regard to the complexity of the 
{. British Museum. No. 7i6o. talon of the third lower molar there is considerable 



l The lettering designating the different elements of these teeth is the same as that employed in pi. VII. of vol. III. of 
the present work. 


L 


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variation ; the complexity being greatest in male animals. The figured specimen is 
an average example, but in some individuals the portion d consists of only a single 
column 1 ; while in others the complexity is as great as in the specimen represented in 
fig. 5, where there are four distinct columns in this portion. With the exception of 
one specimen (No. F. 2 66&), which agrees with the one figured in the woodcut, all 
the Karnul teeth exhibit the extreme complexity of talon which is only sometimes 
met with in the existing race. In the (probably male) specimen represented in fig. 
4 the columns are rather taller, and their inner surface more flattened than in any 
recent examples which have come under the writer’s notice, in both of which respects 
the specimen approximates to the corresponding tooth of the Siwalik 8 . falconeri, of 
which specimens are represented in vol. III. pi. VII. figs. 1 and 2 of this work. In 
male individuals of that species (vol. III. pi. VII. fig. 2) the third molar is con- 
siderably larger than the Karnul teeth ; but in the female (vol. III. pi. VII. fig. 1) 
this tooth is very nearly of the same length as the latter. The Karnul and other 
teeth of 8. cristatus may, however, be easily distinguished from those of females of 
S. falconeri , by the smaller interval between the column marked a and the anterior 
extremity, which is indicative of the less degree of lateral compression and antero- 
posterior extension of the main columns of the former teeth. This feature is, 
however, rather less marked in the specimen represented in pi. IX. fig. 4 than in the 
other teeth. 

JJpper molar . — The slightly-worn third right upper true molar from bed Cd in 
the Cathedral represented in pi. IX. fig. 7 agrees in relative size and the great com- 
plexity of the talon (a, b, c ) with the lower teeth. There are two equal-sized 
specimens (No. F. 260£, 2676) from beds Cb and Gd in the Cathedral, in the latter 
of which the talon is still more complex. 

Lower canine. — The anterior portion of the left lower canine of a male from 
bed Ca in the Cathedral represented in pi. IX. fig. 10 can scarcely be distinguished 
from the corresponding tooth of large individuals of the existing race, and indicates 
that some of the molars described above belong to the same sex. 

Range and affinity . — The Karnul specimens carry back Sus cristatus to the later 
pleistocene, and the impossibility of distinguishing the third lower Karnul molars 
from the corresponding tooth of the mandible from the Narbada described on page 
85 of the preceding volume of this work 2 almost certainly indicates the existence of 
the species in the earlier part of the same period. The tendency to a greater com- 
plexity of structure in the last molar of the fossil race appears to show decided 
evidence of affinity with S. falconeri, and to indicate the probability of the living 
species being a descendant from the Siwalik form which has lost the elongated facial 
portion of the cranium characteristic of the latter ; and in the sequel it is suggested 
that the next species may be the survivor of the intermediate form. The existence 

1 In vol. III. p. 75 it is stated (from the comparison of an insufficient number of specimens) that the portion d always 
consists of only a single column. 

2 See “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.’ pt. II. p. 266. Nos. 36843, 36725 (1885). 


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of an allied form in tlie reputed pliocene of Algiers is apparently afforded by S. 
phacochoeroides , Thomas, 1 in which the third lower true molar agrees very closely in 
size and structure with the specimen represented in pi. IX. fig. 4, although the 
development of lateral accessory columns in the talon is somewhat greater. 

Sus karnuliensis, n. sp. nobis. 

Definition . — This provisional species agrees in size with S. falconeri, but in the 
general structure of the molars with S. cristatus, although some specimens of these 
teeth approach those of certain examples of the former. 

Loiver molar. — The much-worn third left lower true molar from bed Cd in the 
Cathedral represented in pi. IX. fig. 3, and the somewhat less-worn tooth of the 
opposite side from bed Cb represented in fig. 8 indicate a species allied in the 
structure of these teeth to N. cristatus-, but of considerably larger size. It appears, 
indeed, very difficult to detect any structural difference between these teeth and those 
specimens of the third lower molars of that species in which the talon ( b , c, d ) is of 
the most complex type. Compared with the corresponding tooth of the male of the 
Siwalik S. falconeri (supra, vol. III. pi. VII. fig. 2) these teeth agree very closely in 
length, but differ by their inferior width and less elongation of the main columns, 
so that the interval between the anterior extremity and the point a is very much 
smaller. This difference is still more marked if the Karnul teeth be compared with 
m.3 of the female of the Siwalik species (vol. III. pi. VII. fig. 1), when it will be 
seen that in the absolutely smaller Siwalik tooth the above-mentioned interval is 
greater than in the Karnul teeth. In one male mandible of S. falconeri (B.M. No. 
M. 201 2 2 ) the third lower true molar is very like the Karnul specimen represented in 
fig. 3 ; the interval between the anterior border and a being but very slightly smaller. 

Upper molars. — The well-worn third right upper true molar from bed Cd in the 
Cathedral represented in pi. IX. fig. 6, and the almost unworn corresponding tooth of 
the opposite side from the same bed represented in fig. 9, agree in relative size with 
the lower molars. Both specimens exhibit great complexity in the development of 
the talon (a, b, c ), and also of the lateral accessory columns ; in fig. 9 there is a supple- 
mental line of small tubercles behind c which is wanting in fig. 6. Beyond the 
circumstance that the accessory columns appear more numerous than in m.3 of S. 
cristatus (fig. 7) these teeth do not appear to differ structurally from examples of that 
species in which the talon of that tooth is unusually largely developed. Compared 
with the two specimens of m.3 of S. falconeri represented in vol. III. pi. VII. figs, 
o, 7, the Karnul teeth differ by their greater relative width, the shorter interval 
between the anterior extremity and the point a, and the lesser antero-posterior 
elongation of the discs of dentine formed by the abrasion of the main columns. In 
one male cranium of S. falconeri (B.M. No. 15316 3 ) m.3 is, however, wider than 
usual, and thereby approaches the Karnul teeth, although the interval between a and 

1 ‘ Mem. Soc. Geol. France,’ ser. 3. vol. III. pt. 2, p. 10. pi. X, fig. 1 (1885). 

2 See “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 264. 3 Ibid. p. 263. 


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INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


the anterior border is much superior. 1 A slightly-worn second upper true molar 
from bed Gc in the Cathedral agrees with m.2 of S. cristatus in the squareness of the 
crown, and has not the extremely elongated form usually characteristic of slightly 
worn specimens of this tooth in S. falconeri (compare vol. III. pi. VII. fig. 5). 

Distinctness and affinities. — The structure of the cheek-teeth of the present form 
indicates that their affinity is nearer to S. cristatus and S. falconeri than to any other 
species. Their superior size apparently, however, forbids their reference to the 
former species, while the differences indicated above appear equally conclusive as to 
their distinction from the latter ; and it is accordingly proposed to refer them to a 
new species, with the name of S. karnuliensis. The resemblance between the teeth 
of this species and those of certain examples of S. falconeri may suggest that the 
former is the survivor of the form connecting the latter with the existing S. cristatus. 

Manis gigantea, Illiger. 

Phalangeal. — The terminal phalangeal of the third digit of the right manus of 
a large Manis represented in pi. VIII. figs. 8, 8a was obtained from bed Gc in the 
Cathedral cave. This specimen indicates a much larger animal than the existing 
Indian M. pentadactgla , 2 and agrees so closely with the corresponding bone of M. 
gigantea of western Africa that it certainly indicates a very closely allied form, which, 
in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, may be regarded as specifically 
identical. The fossil specimen is slightly larger than the corresponding bone of a 
skeleton in the British Museum, 3 of which the total length is 4 feet 6 inches. 

The Siwalik edentate. — In the first volume 4 of the present work the second 
plalangeal of the third digit of the manus of an edentate from the lower Siwaliks of 
Sind was described and figured under the name of Manis sindiensis. The opportunity 
of comparing a cast of this specimen with the corresponding bones of Manis gigantea 
and Macrotherium giganteum has, however, convinced the writer that this determination 

is erroneous, and that the Siwalik edentate 
should rather be referred to Macrotherium. Com- 
pared with Manis the specimen (woodcut fig. 
4) differs by the supratrochlear portion being 
shorter, and by the lesser projection of the free 
borders of the trochlese, as well as by the 
superior termination of the posterior surface 
being higher than that of the anterior, and the 
narrowness of the ridge dividing the two articu- 
lar facettes on the proximal surface. In these 
respects the specimen agrees very closely with the corresponding bone of Macro- 

1 In the Siwalik specimen the talon is less developed than usual, and thereby shows on a superficial examination a closer 
resemblance to the Kamul teeth than is really the case. 

2 The Kamul form was referred to this species by Mr. Foote in the ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVIII. p. 232. 

3 No. 1458*. See Gray “ Hand-List of Edentate, etc., Mammals,” p. 10 (1873). 

4 Page 82 (64), pi. VIII. figs. 11-14. 



Fig. 4. Macrotherium sindicnse. The second 
phalangeal of the third digit of the manus, 
viewed from the anterior and distal aspects ; 
from the lower Siwaliks of Sind. Indian 
Museum (No. D. 99). 


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51 


therium giganteum , but in the deep concavity of the proximal articular facettes and 
the more perfect rounding of the distal trochlese it resembles Mam's ; in size it is 
intermediate between Macrotherium giganteum and Mauds gigantea. On the whole the 
characters of this specimen appear -nearer to Macrotherium than to Manis, and it 
therefore appears advisable to refer it to the former genus, but the above-mentioned 
resemblance to Manis , coupled with the size of the specimen, and the occurrence of 
Manis gigantea in the pleistocene of India, renders it highly probable that the species 
to which it belonged was a form connecting the generalized Macrotherium giganteum 
of the middle miocene of Europe with the more specialized genus Manis. 

III. AVES. 


General. — The remains of birds are of far less common occurrence in the Karnul 
caves than those of mammals, and this paucity of specimens, together with the 
intrinsic difficulty of the determination of imperfect bones of birds, 1 renders the 
number of determined forms but small. In addition, however, to the forms men- 
tioned below an imperfect humerus (No. F. 319) from bed Ca in the Cathedral, 
agreeing in general characters with the corresponding bone of Corvus cor one, probably 
indicates the occurrence of a member of the Corvidae ; while three smaller specimens 
of the homologous bone may perhaps belong to other members of the Passeres. Other 
humeri (No. F. 316) from the same cave not improbably indicate the occurrence 
of Columbidce ; while a right humerus (No. F. 317) from bed Ca indicates a genus of 
Anatidce in which this bone is relatively longer and more slender than in Anas boscas. 
All the determined fofms belong to existing Indian species, but there is apparently 
evidence of a variety of Francolinus pondicerianus. The following list indicates the 
systematic position of the forms described. 


Accipitres. Neophron percnopterus {Linn). 
? Milvus or Circus, sp. 

Ketupa ceylonensis {Gmelin). 
Bubo coromandus {Lath.) 


Galling. Francolinus pictus {Jard. and Selby). 

pondicerianus 2 {Gmelin). 
Alectorides. Grus {cf. communis, Bechst.) 
Herodiones. Ibis melanocephala 2 {Lath.) 


Neophron percnopterus 3 (Linn.) 

Humerus. — The distal extremity of a left humerus (No. F. 309) from bed Ca in 
the Cathedral agrees exactly in contour with the corresponding bone of the skeleton 
of this species in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, although belonging 
to a somewhat larger individual. The characteristic deep fossa on the dorsal aspect 
is well exhibited. 

(?) Milvus, or Circus, sp. 

Tarso-metatarsus. — The distal half of the left tarso-metatarsus of a small raptorial 


1 This difficulty is intensified by the want of a really good collection of bird-skeletons in England. 

2 The writer follows Sclater (“ List of Animals in Gardens of Zool. Soc.” 8th ed. pp. 411, 468 [1883]) in referring these 
two species respectively to Francolinus and Ibis, rather than making them the types of the genera Ortygornis and Threskiomis. 

3 The so-called N. ginginianus is included under this name as being at least paleontologically inseparable. 


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52 INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


bird from a bed low down in the Cathedral cave, which is figured in the accompanying 

woodcut, may be referred either to Milous , 
Circus , or one of the allied genera. The 
fossil specimen agrees very closely in size 
with the corresponding bone of a skeleton 
of the widely distributed Circus cyaneus 

Fig. 5. (?) Milvus or Circus, sp. The distal half of the left tarso- (Lillll.) preserved in the M/USeum of the 
metatarsus, from the anterior (A) and posterior (B) aspects ; Hoval College of SurtTCOllS. 
from tho Cathedral cave. Ind. Mus. (No. F. 310). J ° 6 



Ketupa ceylonensis (Gmelin). 

Limb-hones. — This species is represented by a right femur 1 (No. F. 313a) and 

the distal half of the right tibio-tarsus 
from bed Ca in the Cathedral, as well as 
by the distal portion of the right tarso- 
metatarsus from bed Cb , and the third 
phalangeal of the third digit of the pes 
from bed Ca in the same cave ; the three 
last-named bones being figured from the 
anterior aspect in the accompanying wood- 
cut (fig. 6 a, b, d). These specimens agree 
exactly with the corresponding bones of 
the existing bird. As characteristic features 
in the tibio-tarsus of Ketupa and allied 
genera may be mentioned the absence at 
the distal extremity of the anterior surface 
of a bridge of bone over the extensor tendons, and the presence of a tubercle on 
the inner border for muscular attachment. 



Fig. 6. A.B.D. Ketupa ceylonensis. The distal half of 
the right tibio-tarsus (A), of the right tarso -metatarsus 
(B), and the 3rd phalangeal of the 3rd digit of the pes 
(D). C. Bubo coromandus. The 2nd phalangeal of the 3rd 
digit of the pes. All the specimens are from the 
Cathedral cave. 


Bubo coromandus (Latham). 

Syn. Urrua coromanda , Auct. 

Phalangeal. — The second phalangeal of the third digit of the pes of a very 
large owl from bed Cc in the Cathedral represented in woodcut fig. 6c, agrees, as 
far as can be determined from comparison with a dried specimen, with the corres- 
ponding bone of Bubo coromandus , which now inhabits the Carnatic, lower Bengal, 
and the outer Himalaya. 

Francolinus pictus (Jardine and Selby). 

Tarso-metatarsus. — Evidence of the existence of the painted francolin, which 
replaces the black francolin [F. vulgaris) in central and parts of southern India, is 


l The collection also contains a perfect right tibia (No. F. 311) marked as from bed Ca in the Cathedral, which, however, 
appears to be recent. 


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53 


afforded by the apparently tarso-metatarsus represented in woodcut fig. 7. This 



Fig. 7. Francolinus pictus. The left tarso- Fg. 8. Francolinus pondicerianus. The left 

metatarsus ; from the Cathedral cave (bed tarso-metatarsus ; from the Cathedral cave 

Ca). ■}. Indian Museum (No. F. 318). (bed Ca). Indian Museum (No. F. 342). 

specimen was obtained from bed Ca in the Cathedral, and cannot be distinguished 
from the corresponding bone of the existing bird ; it is, however, also difficult to 
distinguish it from the tarso-metatarsus of the female of Francolinus pondicerianus. 

Other hones. — A left femur and tibio-tarsus (No. F. 342a) from beds Ca and Cb in 
the same cave may probably be likewise referred to the present species. 

Francolinus pondicerianus (Gmelin). 

Syn. Ortygornis pondiceriana , Auct. 

Tarso-metatarsus. — The left tarso-metatarsus from bed Ca in the Cathedral repre- 
sented in woodcut fig. 8 is furnished with two spurs, of which the greater portion 
of the uppermost one is broken away. The specimen is much smaller than the corres- 
ponding bone of the Indian Galloperdix , or the west African Francolinus bicalcaratus, 
and agrees in point of size with the metatarsus of the grey francolin. In existing 
males of the latter species there is, however, normally but one spur, although Jerdon 
states that a secondary spur is occasionally found 1 at the base of the normal one.’ 1 
In view of this variation, and it being certain that the fossil bone cannot belong to 
any other existing Indian bird, it is provisionally regarded as indicating the occur- 
rence of a variety of the grey francolin among the Karnul fauna. 

Grus (c/. communis, Bechstein). 

Metacarpus. — Two specimens of the left metacarpus (No. F. 314) of a large 
wader agree so closely with the corresponding bone of Grus communis that they may 
be regarded as indicating the occurrence among the Karnul fauna of a member of 
that genus, which is very probably identical with the above-named species. 

Ibis melanocepiiala (Latham). 

Syn. Threskiornis melanocephala, Auct. 

Limb-hones. — Of the black-headed ibis, which is widely distributed in south- 

1 Marshall and Hume (“ Game Birds of India ”) state that they have only observed this secondary spur in domesticated 
birds. 


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INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


eastern Asia, there are several limb-bones. A slightly imperfect right tibio-tarsus 

(No. F. 315) from bed Cd in the 
Cathedral agrees very closely with 
the corresponding bone of a skeleton 
in the British Museum, and measures 
6*5 inches in length. The distal 
portion of a slightly larger specimen 
of the homologous bone from bed 
Ca in the same cave is represented 
in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 
9), and shows the well-marked bridge 
over the channel of the extensor 
tendons. The distal half of the left 
tarso-metatarsus represented in the 
same woodcut was obtained from 
the Purgatory cave, and exhibits 
very clearly the trace of the divisions 
between the three component bones, 
which is very characteristic of the 
species. 

IV. REPTILIA. 

General . — Reptilian remains from the Karnul caves are, with the exception of 
those of Varanus , comparatively scarce, and in most cases even generically undeter- 
minable. In addition to the genera noticed in the sequel, there is evidence of the 
existence of one or more small species of emydine, and perhaps also of other tortoises. 
Several fragments of jaws indicate small lizards probably belonging to the Geclconidce 
and Agamidce, but many of the specimens appear to be of very recent origin. There 
are also some small snakes, which have not been generically determined. 

Crocodilus, sp. 

Tooth . — This genus is represented by a small anterior tooth, probably belonging 
to the lower jaw, from bed Y in the Cathedral cave. 1 

Varanus dracaena (Shaw). 

Abundance of remains . — Remains of Varanus are of exceedingly common occur- 
rence in the Karnul caves, and consist mainly of upper and lower jaws and vertebrae. 
In the absence of any evidence to the contrary all these remains are referred to the 
common species now inhabiting southern India, which at the present day attains a 
length of four feet. 

Maxilla . — A right maxilla from bed K in the Charnel-House is represented in 



Pig 9. Ibis melanocephala. The distal portion of the right tibio- 
tarsus (A) and left tarso-metatarsus (B). The former is from 
bed Ca in the Cathedral, and the latter from the Purgatory cave. 
Indian Museum (Nos. F. 315a, 315b). 


l See Foote “Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.” vol. XVII. p. 207. 


FAUNA OF THE KARNUL CAVES. 


oo 


woodcut fig. 10, and presents no characters by which it can be distinguished from 
the corresponding bone of full-sized individuals of the existing form. 




Eig. 10. Varanus dracccna. The right maxilla (A), and a dorsal vertebra from the anterior 
(B) and posterior (C) aspects ; from the Cathedral cave. Indian Museum (No. F. 334). 


Vertebra . — In the same woodcut is represented a dorsal vertebra from bed Ca 
in the Cathedral cave agreeing in relative size with the maxilla ; other specimens 
indicate somewhat larger individuals, which may have been as much as five feet in 
length. 

Shvalik species . — In order to exhibit the enormous size attained by the Siwalik 
representative of the genus ( V. sivalensis ) an imperfect dorsal vertebra 1 from the 
Siwalik Hills is represented in woodcut fig. 11. The length of the centrum is 0-8 





Fig. 11. Yaranu s sivalensis, Falconer. A dorsal vertebra ; from the posterior and ventral aspects ; from 
the pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. J. British Museum (No. R. 739). 


inch. An imperfect cervical vertebra in the same collection (No. R. 740) indicates 
a still larger individual. 

Python molurus (Linn.) 


Vertebrce . — Several dorsal vertebrae 



Fig. 12. Python molurus. A dorsal vertebra viewed 
from the posterior (A) and ventral (B) aspects ; from 
the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). {. Indian Museum 
(No. F. 336). 


indistinguishable from those of the existing 
form have been obtained from beds Cb, Cc, 
and Cd of the Cathedral. All these speci- 
mens (of which one is figured in the 
accompanying woodcut) belong to small 
individuals ranging from about seven to 
ten feet in length. The species has been 
provisionally recorded from the Siwaliks 


This and the next specimen were brought to light after the description of the humerus was ’published in vol. III. 


p. 236 of the present work. 


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56 INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 


of the Punjab. 1 The characteristic shortness of the centrum and the breadth and 
bluntness of the haemal ridge, are well shown in the figure. 


Naia tripudians (Merr.) 

Vertebra . — A dorsal vertebra of a snake (No. F. 336£) from bed Cb in the 
Cathedral indicates the occurrence of Naia tripudians among the Karnul cave-fauna. 
This specimen agrees precisely with the dorsal vertebra of this species described and 
figured in Owen’s “ Monograph of the Reptiles of the London Clay,” pt. II. p. 55, 
pi. XIII. figs. 13-16 (1850), where the distinctive features are clearly identicated. 

Ptyas mucosus (Linn.) 




Vertebra . — The dorsal vertebra of a large snake from bed Cb in the Cathedral 

represented in woodcut fig. 13 agrees so 
closely in structure with a vertebrae of a 
small example of the widely-distributed Ptyas 
mucosus in the British Museum, 2 that it may 
be safely referred to the same genus, and 
probably to the same species. The recent 
vertebra with which it was compared belonged 
to an individual between two and three feet 
in length, but living examples are found of seven-and-a-half feet in length, and the 
fossil indicates an individual of perhaps somewhat larger dimensions. The characters 
distinguishing the vertebrae of the present genus from those of Python (fig. 12) are 
the longer centrum, the more strongly developed haemal ridge, and the greater 
prominence of the articular facettes for the ribs. 


Pig. 13. Ptyas mucosus. A dorsal vertebra, viewed 
from the posterior (A) and ventral (B) aspects ; from 
the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). Indian Museum 
(No. F. 336a). 


V. AMPHIBIA. 

Bofo {cf. melanostictus, Schneider). 

Humerus . — The only amphibian remains that have come under the writer’s 

notice 3 are several imperfect specimens of the 
'Paw humerus of a Bufo from beds Ob and Cc in 

the Cathedral. These specimens, of which 
U| one is represented in woodcut fig. 14, may 

probably be referred to the common Bufo 
llH melanostictus , which ranges over the whole 

* , vJ of India, and many of the adjacent coun- 

Fig. 14. Bufo {cf. melanostictus). The imperfeot left j. • 
humerus; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). £. Indian tries. 

Museum (No. F. 337). 


1 i Supra, vol. III. p. 237. pi. XXXV. fig. 4. The specimen represented in fig. 7 is a dorsal and not a caudal vertebra. 

2 The writer is indebted to Mr. G. A. Boulenger of the British Museum for having caused this specimen to be prepared 
for the purpose of comparison. 

3 Mr. Foote ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ vol. XVIII. p. 232 mentions the occurrence of Rana. 


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VI. MOLLUSCA. 

General . — For the determination of the very few shells obtained from the Karnul 
caves the writer is indebted to Mr. W. Theobald. The five species which have been 
determined are all found at the present day in the same region. Several of the 
shells still retain distinct traces of their colouration. 

Helicidce. — Of Helix (including subgenera) there are three species, namely II. 
( Ariophanta ) cysis , Benson, II. ( Hemiplecta ) vitellina, Pfeiffer, and II. ( I o tula) indica, 
Pfeiffer; while Bulimus is represented by B. ( Cylindrus ) insularis, 1 Ehr. Specimens 
of the first three species have been obtained from beds C and Ca in the Cathedral, 
while the one specimen of the last is from the Charnel-House. 

Cyclostomidce. — This family is represented by Cydopliorus involutus (Mull.), which 
appears commoner than any of the other species. Mr. Theobald remarks that the 
Karnul shells are not of the Ceylon type, but agree with the variety now found 
living at Midnapur, in Bengal. 2 Some of the fossil specimens were obtained from 
the Charnel-house and others from bed Ca in the Cathedral cave. 


ADDENDUM. 

The following specimen was overlooked until the text was in type. 

Herpestes nipalensis, Gray. 

Mandible . — The imperfect right mandibular ramus of a small species of Herpestes 

from bed Cb in the Cathedral represented in 
the accompanying woodcut may be referred 
to the present species. The specimen shows 
the broken canine, the complete mTI, and the 
alveoli of the other cheek-teeth. The speci- 
men agrees precisely with the jaw of the 
existing race ; the large size of the alveolus 
of pm. 1 distinguishing it from the allied 
African H. gracilis , in which this tooth is either wanting, or of much smaller size 
than in H. nipalensis. 

Distribution. — At the present day the species occurs throughout the outer Hima- 
laya, and also in the plains near the hills from the Punjab to Bengal, as well as 
in Assam, Burma, and the Malay Peninsula ; the extension of its range during the 
pleistocene into southern India is paralleled by that of Rhinoceros unicornis. 



Fig. 15. Herpestes nipalensis. The imperfect right 
ramus of the mandible ; from the Cathedral cave 
(bed Cb). Indian Museum (No. F. 324). 


1 Syn. Bulimus pullus, Gray. 

2 Mr. Theobald says that the shell figured in Hanley and Theobald’s “ Conchologia Indica,” pi. II. fig. 8 as from 
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LIST OF THE FAUNA. 

The following list comprises all the forms described in the preceding pages. 


MAMMALIA. 


Primates. — Semnopithecus entellus ( Dufresne ). 
Cynocephalus, sp. 

Carnivora. — Felis tigris ( or ? leo) Linn. 

? pardus, Linn. 
chaus, Giildenst. 
rubiginosa, Geoffr. 

Hyagna crocuta (. Erxl .). 

Viverra karnuliensis, nobis. 
Prionodon (?), sp. 

Herpestes griseus, Desm. 

fuscus, Waterh. 
nipalensis, Gray. 

Ursus labiatus, Blainv. 
Insectivora. — Sorex, sp. 

Chiroptera. — Taphozous saccolagmus, Temm. 

Phyllorhina diadema {Geoffr.). 
Rodentia. — Sciurus macrurus, Hardw. 

Gerbillus indicus {Hardw.). 
Nesokia bandicoota {Bech.). 

kok, Gray. 

Mus mettada (Gray). 
platythrix, Sykes, 
sp. var. 


Rodentia. — Golunda ellioti, Gray. 

Hystrix crassidens, nobis. 

Atherura karnuliensis, neb is. 

Lepus {cf. nigricollis, F. Cuv.). 
Ungulata. — Equus asinus, Linn, 
sp. a. 

Rhinoceros karnuliensis, nobis. 
Bos or Bubalus, sp. 

Boselaphus tragocamelus {Pall.). 
Genus non. det. 

Gazella bennetti {Sykes). 

Antilope cervicapra {Linn.). 
Tetraceros quadricornis (Blaitivi). 
Cervus aristotelis, Cuv. 
axis, Erxl. 

? Cervulus muntjac ( Zimm .). 
Tragulus {cf. meminna \_Erxli]). 
Sus cristatus, Wagner. 
karnuliensis, nobis. 

Edentata. — Manis gigantea, Llliger. 


AYES. 


Accipitres. — Neophron perenopterus {Linn.). 
? Milvus or Circus, sp. 

Ketupa ceylonensis {Gmelin). 
Bubo coromandus {Lathi). 


Galling. — Francolinus pictus (fard.and Selby). 

pondicerianus (Gmelin). 
Alectorides. — Grus (cf. communis, Becks/.). 
Herodiones. — Ibis melanocephala ( Lath . ). 


REPTILIA. 

Crocodilia. — Crocodilus, sp. Ophidia. — Naia tripudians (Merri). 

Lacertilia. — Varanus dracsena (Shaw.). Ptyas mucosus (Linn.). 

Ophidia. — Python molurus (Linn.). 


AMPHIBIA. 

Batrachia. — Bufo (cf. melanostictus, Shneid.). 

MOLLUSCA. 

Gastropoda. — Helix cysis, Rens. Gastropoda. — Bulimus insularis, Ehr. 

vitellina, Pff. Cyclophorus involutus (Mull.). 

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Primates and Carnivora. 


Fig. 1. 

„ 2,3. 

„ 4 . 

,, 5, 5 a. 

„ 6 . 

„ 7. 

„ 8 . 

„ 9. 

„ 10, 10a. 
„ 11 . 


Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne). Part of the right half of the palate of a female ; 
from the Charnel-House cave (bed A). No. F. 201a. — Page 28. 

Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne). Part of the right maxilla and mandibular ramus ; 
from the Charnel-House cave (bed M). No. F. 201. — Page 28. 

Semnopithecus entellus (Dufresne). The right calcaneum ; from the Cathedral cave 
(bed C ). No. F. 2015. Page 28. 

Cynocephalus, sp. The second left lower true molar ; from the Charnel-House cave (bed 
M). No. F. 202. Fig. 5a exhibits the outer aspect. — Page 28. 

Viverra karnuliensis, Lyd. Part of the left ramus of the mandible ; from the Charnel- 
House cave (bed L ). No. F. 227. — Page 31. 

Herpestes griseus, Desm. The cranium ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Ch, but probably 
of recent origin). No. F. 230. — Page 32. 

Herpestes griseus, Desm. The left ramus of the mandible associated with the preceding 
specimen. 

Herpestes griseus, Desm. The left humerus ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Ca ). No 
F. 230 a.— Page 33. 

Herpestes fuscus, Waterh. The left ramus of the mandible ; from the Cathedral cave 
(bed Cd). No. F. 231. — Page 33. 

Herpestes fuscus, Waterh. The left humerus ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Ca). No. 
F. 231a. — Page 33. 


„ 12. (?) Prionodon, sp. The imperfect left humerus; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). No. F. 
2295.— Page 32. 

,, 13, 13a. Hyjena crocuta (Erxl.). The left lower carnassial, from the inner (13) and outer (13a) 
aspects ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). No. F. 222. — Page 30. 


,, 11, 14a. Felis rubiginosa, Geoffr. The imperfect left maxilla; from the Cathedral cave (bed Ca). 
No. F. 229. — Page 30. 

,, 15. Felis rubiginosa, Geoffr. The right ramus of the mandible; from the Cathedral cave 

(bed Cb). No. F. 229. — Page 30. 

„ 16. Felis rubiginosa, Geoffr. The right humerus ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). No. 

F. 229 a.— Page 30. 

„ 17. Felis chaus. Guldens. The left ramus of the mandible; from the Cathedral cave (bed 

Ca). No. F. 228. — Page 29. 

,, 18 . Felis chaus, Guldens. The left upper canine, from the inner aspect; from one of the 

Karnul caves. No. F. 228a. — Page 30. 

,, 19. (?) Felis pardus, Linn. A first phalangeal ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). No. F. 225. 
Page 29. 

,, 20. Felis Tigris (or ? leo), Linn. The first phalangeal of the third digit of the pes ; from the 
Purgatory cave. No. F. 224a. — Page 29. 

,, 21. Ursus labiatus, Blainv. The distal extremity of the right humerus; from the Chapter- 
House cave (bed Ab). No. F. 226. — Page 33. 


* All the specimens are in the Indian Museum, and are represented of the natural size. The 
humeri are all viewed from the palmar aspect, and the lateral views of the mandible are from the outer 
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Chiropteka, Rodentia, and Edentata. 

Fig. 1. ? Nesokia bandicoota, Bech. The right femur; from the Charnel-House. No. F. 344. — 

Page 35. 

,, 2. Ibid. The right humerus ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). No. F. 345 . — Page 35. 

,, 3. Ibid. The imperfect right femur ; from the Cathedral (bed Cb). No. F. 343 . — Page Zb. 

,, 4. ? Nesokia kok, Gray. The imperfect right femur ; from the Charnel-House. No. F. 346. 

— Page 36. 

,, 5. Sciurus macrurus, Hardw. Part of left ramus of the mandible ; from the Cathedral (bed 
Ca ). No. F. 217 . — Page 34. 

,, 6. Hystrix crassidens, Lyd. The right humerus ; from the Cathedral (bed Cd). No. F. 221. 
— Page 37. 

,, 7. Lepus {cf. nigricollis, F. Cuv.) The left humerus (reversed) ; from Purgatory cave. No. F. 
218a.— Page 39. 

„ 8, 8a. Manis gigantea, Illig. The terminal phalangeal of the middle digit of the right manus ; 
from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). No. F. 232 . — Page 50. 

„ 9, 9a. ? Phyllorhina diadema (Geoffr.). The right humerus ; from the Cathedral (bed Cc). No. 
F. 206a . — Page 34. 

,, 10, 10a. Taphozous saccoljemus, Temm. The imperfect cranium and right upper cheek-dentition; 
from the Cathedral cave (bed Ci.) No. F. 209 . — Page 34. 

,, 11, 11a. Phyllorhina diadema (Geoffr.). The imperfect cranium and right upper cheek-dentition ; 
from the Cathedral cave (bed CA.) No. F. 206 . — Page 34. 

„ 12. Ibid. The left ramus of the mandible ; from the Cathedral (bed Cf). No. F. 207 . — Page 34. 

„ 13, 13a. Nesokia kok, Gray. The imperfect cranium; from the Cathedral (bed Cb). No. F. 213. 
— Page 35. 

„ 14, 1 la. Ibid. The right ramus of the mandible and teeth (reversed) ; from the Cathedral (bed CA). 
No. F. 214 . — Page 36. 

,, 15, 15a. Nesokia bandicoota, Bech. The imperfect left ramus of the mandible and lower cheek- 
teeth ; from the Charnel-House cave (bed H). No. F. 216 . — Page Zb. 

,, 16. Hystrix crassidens, Lyd. Part of the left ramus of the mandible; from the Cathedral 
(bed C). No. F. 219 . — Page 37. 

,, 17, 17a. Ibid. The left ramus of the mandible and cheek-teeth ; from the Cathedral (bed Cd). No. 
F. 219 a— Page 37. 

,, 18, 18a. Ibid. The right upper premolar ; from the Cathedral (bed Cd). No. F. 220 . — Page 37. 

,, 19. Ibid. Anterior aspect of the upper incisors ; from the Cathedral (bed Cd). No. F. 220b . — 
Page 37. 

,, 20. Ibid. Outer aspect of left upper incisor ; from the Cathedral (bed Cd). No. F. 220a . — Page 37. 

,, 21. Ibid. Part of the lower incisors, from the anterior aspect ; from the Cathedral. No. F. 
220c . — Page 37. 

„ 22, 22a. Atherura karnuliensis, Lyd. Right upper incisor ; from the Cathedral (bed Cd). No. 
F. 221 a.— Page 38. 

„ 23, 233. Ibid. Right lower incisor; from the Cathedral (bed Cd). — Page 38. 

* All the specimens are in the Indian Museum, and, with the exception of figs. 5a, 10a, 11a, 14a, 15a 
(which are f) are represented of the natural size. The humeri, except fig. 9a, are viewed from the 
palmar aspect, and the lateral views of the mandibles are from the outer aspect, dr. deltoid ridge ; ec. c. 
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Artiodactyla — S uidce , and Perissodactyla — Equidce . 

Fig. 1. Sus cristatus, Wagner. The third left lower true molar; from the Cathedral cave (bed 
Cc) No. F. 266 . — Page 47. 

„ 2. Sus cristatus, Wagner. The third left lower true molar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed 

Cc). No. F. 266 a. — Page 47. 

,, 3. Sus karnuliensis, Lyd. The third left lower true molar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed 

Cd). No. F. 268 . — Page 49. 

,, 4. Sus cristatus, Wagner. The third left lower true molar; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). 

No. F. 267 . — Page 4 7. 

,, 5. Sus cristatus, Wagner. Part of the right ramus of the mandible ; from a turbary in 

Madras. No. F. 115 . — Page 47. 

,, t>. Sus karnuliensis, Lyd. The third right npper true molar; from the Cathedral cave (bed 

Cd). No. F. 260. — Page 49. 

,, 7. Sus cristatus, Wagner. The third right upper true molar; from the Cathedral cave 

(bed Cf). No. F. 261 .—Page 48. 

,, 8. Sus karnuliensis, Lyd. The third right lower true molar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed 

Cb). No. F. 267a . — Page 49. 

,, 9. Sus karnuliensis, Lyd. The third left upper true molar; from the Cathedral cave (bed 

Cd). No. F. 260a . — Page 49. 

,, 10. Sus cristatus, Wagner. Part of the left lower canine; from the Cathedral cave (bed Ca). 

No. F. 271 . — Page 48. 

„ 11. Equus asinus, Linn. The third right lower true molar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). 

No. F. 256 . — Page 39. 

,, 12. Equus asinus, Linn. The first left lower true molar; from the Cathedral cave (bed Ca). 

No. F. 255 . — Page 39. 

,, 13. Equus, sp. The third right lower true molar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). No. F 248. 

— Page 40. 

,, 14. Equus, sp. A left upper cheek-tooth; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). No. F. 246. — 

Page 39. 

,, 15. Equus asinus, Linn. The third right upper true molar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cf). 

No. F. 254 . — Page 39. 

,, 16. Equus, sp. The third left upper true molar; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cd). No. F. 

253 .— Page 39. 

,, 17. Equus, sp. A left upper cheek-tooth ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). No. F. 246a. — 

Page 39. 


* All the specimens are in the Indian Museum, and are represented of the natural size. Excepting 
fig. 10, which is from the inner aspect, all the specimens are viewed from the oral aspect. In the molars 
of Sus the letters a to f indicate the homologous elements of the upper and lower teeth ; in those of 
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Figs. 1, la, 13. Rhinoceros karnuliensis, Lyd. The second and third left upper true molars, in a 
middle stage of wear ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). No. F. 233. Fig. 1 shows the 
inner and grinding surfaces of the two teeth, fig. 1 a the outer surface of 2 , and fig. 13 
that of m - 3 . — Page 41. 

,, 2. Rhinoceros karnuliensis, Lyd. The inner half of the well-worn third right upper 

premolar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc). No. F. 236. — Page 42. 

., 3, 3 a. Rhinoceros unicornis, Linn. The third right upper true molar, in an early stage of 

wear; from a turbary in Madras. No. F. 114. Fig. 3 shows the inner and grinding 

surfaces, and fig. 3 a the outer surface. — Page 42. 

,, 4, 4<z. Rhinoceros karnuliensis, Lyd. Part of the symphysis and left ramus of the mandible ; 

from the Cathedral cave (bed Cd ). No. F. 237. Fig. 4 is from the oral, and fig. 4a from 
the external aspect. — Page 40. 


* All the specimens are in the Indian Museum, and with the exception of figs. 4, 4a (which are £) 
are represented of the natural size, a, anterior collis ; 3, posterior collis ; c, second costa ; d, first costa ; 
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Artiodactyla . — Bovidce and Cervidce. 

Fig. 1, la. Cervus axis, Erxl. The third right upper true molar; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cc ). 
No. F. 306 . — Page 46. 

,, 2, 2 a. Antelope, genus non. det. The second right upper true molar ; from the Cathedral cave 

(bed Cb). No. F. 288 . — Page 45. 

,, 3, Cervus axis, Erxl. The third left upper true molar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed Cb). 

No. F. 306a . — Page 46. 

,, 4. Cervus axis, Erxl. The first or second right lower true molar ; from the Cathedral cave 

(bed Cc). No. F. 3065 . — Page 47. 

,, 5,5 a. Cervus aristotelis, Cuv. The first right upper true molar ; from the Cathedral cave (bed 

Cf). No. F. 302 . — Page 46. 

„ 6,6a. Cervus aristotelis, Cuv. The second left upper true molar; from the Cathedral cave 

(bed Cd). No. F. 302a. Page 46. 

„ 7. Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pall.). The first right upper true molar ; from the Cathedral 

cave (bed Cd). No. F. 282 . — Paqe 44. 

., 8. Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pall.). The second right upper true molar ; from the Cathedral 

cave (bed Ca). No. F. 280. Page 44. 

,, 9. Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pall.). The first right upper true molar ; from the Cathedral cave 

(bed Cb). No. F. 281 . — Page 44. 

,, 10. Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pall.). The second left lower true molar : from the Chapter- 
House cave (bed Aa.). No. F. 284 . — Page 44. 

„ 11,11a. (?) Cervulus muntjac (Zimm.). The second right upper true molar ; from the Purgatory cave. 
No. F. 308 . — Page 47. 

,, 12,12a. Tetraceros quadricornis (Blainv.). The left ramus of the mandible ; from the Cathedral 
cave (bed Cd). No. F. 277 . — Page 46. 

„ 13, 13a. Antii.ope cervicapra (Linn.). The second left upper true molar; from the Cathedral 
cave (bed Cb). No. F. 287 . — Page 45. 

,, 14, 14a. Boselaphus tragocamelus (Pall.). The right ramus of the mandible of a young individual ; 
from the Karnul caves. No. F. 286 . — Page 45, 

,, 15, 15a. Gazella hennetti (Sykes). The left ramus of the mandible; from the Cathedral cave 
(bed Ca). No. F. 278 . — Page 45. 


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BY R. LYDEKKER, B.A., E.G.S., &c. 

(WITH PLATES XII AND XIII.) 


INTRODUCTORY. 

The two specimens, forming the subject of this memoir, were obtained in 1886 
by Dr. H. Warth, by whom they were presented to the Indian Museum. They were 
both obtained at Nila (lat. 32° 29' 30"; long. 73°j in the Punjab Salt-Range; while 
at least the example of Hemichelys (Plate XII) came from a bed situated 10 feet 
below the coal-band of Nila. 1 Erom the same bed Dr. Warth also obtained certain 
other remains, which, according to a manuscript note by Dr. Waagen, with which the 
writer has been favoured, comprise teeth of Lamina, Otodus , and Capitodus, together 
with certain cephalopoda allied to Belemnites ; and Dr. Waagen is of opinion that 
the bed in question belongs to the highest horizon of the “ Cardita beaumonti 
group,” which is now regarded as a passage-bed between the cretaceous and the 
eocene, although in being more nearly allied by its fauna with the latter than with 
the former is provisionally classed as lowest eocene ; 2 and may not improbably 
correspond homotaxially to the Cernayisian stage of Reims, and the Puerco group 
of the United States. 

The fossils mentioned by Dr. Waagen indicate that the bed in which they were 
found is either of marine or estuarine origin ; and this is confirmed by the Chelonians, 

1 See Wynne : ‘Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ Vol. XIV, p. 168 (1878). 

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oneof which is covered with the ‘ spat ’ of oysters, while sharks’ teeth are embedded 
in the matrix of the other. The affinities of the Chelonians show, however, that 
their habitat could only have been estuarine, since they belong to essentially 
fresh-water families. Both specimens when placed in the hands of Mr. Barlow, of 
the British Museum, to be ‘ developed * were in a much broken condition, and from 
being traversed by numerous veins of calcspar, along which they readily split, it 
required all his skill to render them fit for description. 

It should he mentioned that the only fossil Indian Chelonian from below the 
level of the Siwaliks (where all the forms are more or less closely allied to those 
now inhabiting India, and adjacent regions) which has been hitherto described is 
Platemys leithi 1 (Carter) from the intertrappeans (lower eocene) of Bombay, which 
is a small species with a shell of about five inches in length. Platemys, it need 
hardly he observed, is a member of the sub-order Pleurodira, now characteristic of the 
Southern Hemisphere, and is itself confined at the present day to South America. A 
chelonian has been recorded by Sir R. Owen 1 2 from the lower eocene of England under 
the name of Platemys bowerbanki, hut Professor Rutimeyer 3 has shown that this 
generic determination is incorrect ; and that the presence of an incomplete meso- 
plastral element in the plastron indicates affinity with the South American genera 
Peltocephalus or Podocnemis, although the imperfect preservation of the type speci- 
men renders its precise determination a matter of considerable difficulty. The same 
authority also shows that the specimen figured by Owen 4 5 under the name of Emys 
Icevis, Bell, is nothing more than the young of the above-mentioned species ; and it 
may he added that the length of the band uniting the carapace with the plastron in 
this specimen is indicative of affinity with Podocnemis rather, than Peltocephalus , 
and it has been provisionally referred to the former genus by the present writer and 
Mr. G. A. Boulenger ; 6 that genus being represented by another species in the 
same formation. A plastron, said to be from the London clay, was also referred by 
Sir R. Owen 8 to Platemys, under the name of P. bullocki ; hut this specimen is 
really from the Purbeck, and belongs to the genus Pleurosternum . 7 

It will suffice to add in the way of introduction that in the memoir on the 
Siwalik Chelonia published in Yol. Ill of the present work, the term * scute ’ is 
applied to the bony framework of the Chelonian shell, and ‘ plate * to its horny 
epidermal covering ; but, as this has been thought liable to lead to confusion the 
terms * hone ’ and ‘ shield ’ are employed here in these senses. 


1 Originally described as Testudo, but referred by Gray to Hydraspis, which is now generally included in 
Platemys ; see ‘ Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind.’ Vol. XX, p. 66 (1887). 

2 Monograph of Reptilia of London Clay — Chelonia I, PI. XXIII (1849). 

* * Ver. Nat. Ges. Basel,’ Vol. VI, Art. 1, pp. 121, 128 (1878). 

4 Op. cit., pi. XXII. 

5 Geological Magazine, June 1887. 

6 Ibid., pi. XXI. 

7 See Lydekker and Boulenger, op. cit. Cope, ‘ Tertiary Vertebrata of the West ’ (Rep. U. S. Geol. Surv. Ters. 
Vol. Ill) book 1, p. Ill (1884), makes Pleurosternum the type of a distinct family of Cryptodira, and erroneously 

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Sub-order Pleurodira. 


Characters . — The sub-order is characterised 1 by having the carapace and 
plastron fully ossified and united together ; by the anchy- 
losis of the pelvis to both plastron and carapace ; by the 
absence of at least some of the vertebral bones ; 2 and by 
the presence of only a single heart-shaped supra-pygal 
bone above the pygal, as is shown in the accompanying 
woodcut. Other characters are found in respect of the 
head and neck, which need not be mentioned on this 
occasion. When horny epidermal shields are present, an 
inter gular shield is developed on the plastron ; and a 
mesoplastral bone may be present. As additional characters 
of at least many genera, it may be observed that the nuchal 
bone (in the Chelydidce) is smaller than the first vertebral 
shield, and that the suture between the pygal and supra- 
pygal bones is situated above the suture separating the 
pygal shields from the last vertebral shield (as is shown in 
the wood-cut) ; the reverse of these features obtaining very 
generally in the Cryptodira . 3 The sub-order may be 
divided into two families according to the presence or 
absence of homy shields on the shell. 



The right half of the carapace of 
Sternothcerus sub nip er. Gray; 
from Madagascar. 


Eamily Carettochelydid^:. 

History. — This family was founded by Mr. Boulenger 4 on Carettochelys 
insculptus, Ramsay , 6 from the Ely River, New Guinea. 

Characters. — The distinctive feature of the family is the absence of epidermal 
horny shields on both the carapace and plastron. 

In Carettochelys the limbs are paddle-shaped, the anterior being much elongated; 
only the first and second digits are furnished with claws ; the plastron is apparently 
composed of only the normal nine elements, the mesoplastron (intraplastron) being 
absent ; the vertebral bones are of very small size, and are separated from one another 
by the meeting of the costals in the middle line, and the nuchal bone is greatly 
expanded laterally. 

Genus Hemichelys, nobis.* 

Characters. — Vertebral bones in contact, and not separated by the costals ; a 
small mesoplastron apparently present. 

1 See Riitimeyer : ‘Verb. Nat. Ges. Basel,’ Vol. VI, Art. 1, pp. 21—33 (1878). 

2 The hinder vertebral bones are absent among the Cryptodira in Cinosternum and Dermatemys. 

3 Compare the figures in pis. XXI and XXIII of the preceding volume of this work. 

4 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1887, pp. 170—172. 

5 Proc. Linn. Soc., New South Wales, Vol. I, p. 158, pis. Ill — VI (1886). 

6 Rec. Geol. Surv. Ind., Vol. XX, p. 66 (1887). 



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Hemichelys warthi, nobis. 1 

Characters. — Carapace depressed, expanded posteriorly, with five vertebral 
bones, and its surface comparatively smooth ; surface of plastron pitted ; length of 
carapace about 28 inches. 

Description. — The type specimen is represented in plate XII, and comprises 
the greater portion of the carapace and plastron. The former is tolerably perfect 
posteriorly, but has lost the greater portion of the lateral marginals, and anteriorly 
the nuchal bone, the marginals, and portions of the first costals; the figure is 
restored from the recent Podocnemis pipiti (Gray). 2 The plastron has lost both 
extremities, and its junction with the carapace is also injured. 

When entire, the carapace must have measured about 28 inches in length. The 
Pleurodirian affinities of the specimen are conclusively shown by the general contour 
of the carapace, which agrees very closely with that of Podocnemis pipiti, by the 
presence of only five vertebral bones, and of a single supra-pygal, as well as by the 
elongated form of the pygal and adjacent marginal bones. The surface of the 
carapace is moderately smooth, and shows no trace of the marks of horny shields ; 
the surface of the plastron (pi. XII, figs. 2, 3) is marked with small pits, and was 
evidently covered merely by skin. The only one of the plastral sutures that can be 
detected is that between the hyo- and hypo-plastron ; externally this suture divides, 
apparently for the reception of a small incomplete mesoplastron. 3 Whether the 
extremity of the xiphiplastron was forked as in the restoration, or whether it was 
entire as in Carettochelys , 4 cannot of course be determined. 

Affinities. — The absence of horny shields 5 from this interesting form conclusively 
separates it from all members of the Chelydidce, and affiliates it with Carettochelys. 
The latter is, however, widely distinguished by the characters of the vertebral bones 6 
which form minute elongated hexagons, separated from one another by portions of 
the costals, which consequently meet in the middle line ; the present form is also 
distinguished by the pitted sculpture on the plastron, and (apparently) the more deeply 
cut axillary notch ; while it is highly probable that the nuchal bone was of the form 
represented in the restoration, and was not of the curiously expanded shape 
occurring in the New Guinea genus, 7 which resembles that of the Trionychidce. 

These differences leave no doubt as to the generic distinction of the present 
form from Carettochelys , but the common feature of the absence of horny shields 
apparently indicates such relationship as to justify at least its provisional reference 
to the same family. While, however, Carettochelys is an extremely aberrant form 

1 Loc. cit. 

2 See ‘Proc. Zool. Soc.,’ 1871, pp. 747-48. 

3 Compare Owen’s figure ( op. cit., pi. XXIII) of the so-called Platemys bowerbanki. 

* Ramsay, op. cit., pi. III. 

s In the preliminary notice, I thought it probable that these plates were present on the carapace. 

6 Ramsay, op. cit., pi. IV. 

7 Ibid. 


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not showing any close relationship to the Chelydidce, Hemichelys appears to be 
much more nearly allied to that family, and may be the representative of a still 
earlier type from which the latter has been derived. The preservation of an appa- 
rently still more primitive type in the Australasian region is an instance analogous 
to that of the survival of Ceratodus and other primitive forms in the same area. 

Family Chelydidce. 

Characters. — Shell covered with horny epidermal shields, and an intergular 
shield present on the plastron. 

There is considerable variation as to the number of vertebral bones in the 
carapace of the different genera. Thus, in the Australian genera Chelodina, Chelymys, 
Euchelymys, and Elseya, vertebrals are entirely absent, the only azygos bones being 
the nuchal, the supra-pygal, and the pygal. 1 In Platemys there are normally six 
such bones, but in P. raniceps the first three are wanting, 2 and in a specimen of 
P. planiceps in the British Museum there are none. In the eocene form figured by 
Owen 3 under the name of Platemys bowerbanki there are seven such bones ; the 
same number being present in the existing genera Podocnemis, Peltacephalus, and 
Sternothcerus 4 (woodcut). An incomplete mesoplastral element is present in Podo- 
cnemis, Peltocephalus, Pelomedusa, Pentonyx, and Sternothcerus , 6 while in Pleuro - 
sternum this element is complete. Peltocephalus is distinguished from all the other 
genera by the fusion of the two pygals into a single shield, as in Testudo. The nuchal 
shield is wanting in Sternothcerus, Pelomedusa, Podocnemis, and Peltocephalus. 

Some writers regard the presence of a mesoplastral bone as a family character, 
and accordingly apply the name Pelomedusidce to the group presenting this feature. 

Genus Podocnemis, Wagler. 6 

Characters. — Shell thick, with a long plastro- costal symphysis ; nuchal shield 
absent; plastron solid; vertebral bones seven in number, the first five being 
elongated, and the seventh small, rhomboidal, and wedged in between the sixth 
and seventh costals. 7 

Podocnemis indica, n. sp. nobis. 

Characters. — Carapace oval, tectiform, not keeled, and narrowed posteriorly ; 
the first vertebral shield wide, the second and third elongate, total length about 
35 inches. 


1 Riitimeyer, op. tit., p. 24. 

5 Ibid. 

3 Op. tit., pi. XXIII. 

* Riitimeyer, op. tit., p. 24. 

6 Riitimeyer, op. tit., p. 23. 
6 Syst. Amphibien, p. 135 (1830). 

7 Riitimeyer, op. tit., p. 24. 


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Description. — The specimen on which this species is founded is represented in 
plate XIII. The greater portion of the carapace remains, but a large part of the 
right side and the whole of the posterior extremity are wanting ; the vertebral and 
costal bones are distinctly defined, as are the boundaries of the anterior marginal and 
first three vertebral horny shields. Only small fragments of the plastron are pre- 
served, although sufficient remains to show that this was united by bone with the cara- 
pace, and that the band of union was a comparatively long one. When complete the 
total length of the carapace must have been about thirty-five inches. 

In the epidermal shields the most noticeable point is the absence of the nuchal ; 
the first vertebral is wider transversely than it is long ; while the second and third are 
imperfectly hexagonal, and are elongated antero -posteriorly. In the underlying 
bones the nuchal is of comparatively small size, and lies well within the limits of 
the first vertebral shield. There are seven vertebral bones, of which the first five 
are elongated, while the seventh is very small, and wedged in between the sixth and 
seventh costals. Behind the last vertebral the seventh and eighth costals unite in 
the median line; behind which there is the commencement of the supra -pygal 
bone, of which the hinder half is wanting. The contour of the carapace is sub-oval, 
the posterior portion being the narrowest; and the median line is much elevated, 
with the costals sloping rapidly away on either side : there is no keel on any of the 
vertebral bones. 

Affinities. — It is quite clear from the general structure of the specimen that the 
only families to which it could possibly belong are the typical Emydidce or the Chely- 
didce ; and it is extremely unfortunate that the decisive evidence which would be 
afforded by the plastron is not available. The characters of the carapace are, how- 
ever, such as to indicate clearly that it is to the latter family to which it should be 
referred. In the first place, the nuchal bone is of the relatively small size charac- 
teristic of the Chelydidce ; and in the second, the vertebral bones agree precisely in 
number and character with those of the Podocnemis group ; while there is the same 
interval between the last vertebral and the supra-pygal bones, and the latter was 
evidently a single one. If indeed the figure of the Indian specimen be compared 
with that of the so-called Platemys bowerbanki given by Owen 1 (which, as we have 
already mentioned, is referred to Podocnemis), it will be seen that the two evidently 
belong to the same group, and might perfectly well be generically identical, 
although their specific distinctness is indicated by the wider vertebral epidermal 
shields of the English form. If again the figure of the present specimen be compared 
with that of Podocnemis dumeriliana given by Gray , 2 an equally striking resem- 
blance will be observed in the general contour of the carapace, as well as in the 
absence of a nuchal shield ; and there accordingly appears no doubt but that the 
specimen belongs to the Chelydidce. With regard to its generic position, the presence 
of seven vertebral bones differentiates it from all the existing Australian genera; 

* Op. cit., pi. XXIII. 

3 Cat. Sbield-Keptiles in British Museum, pt. I, pi. XXVIII (1855). 


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while the absence of a nuchal shield affiliates it with the existing Sternothcerus, 
Pelomedusa, Podocnemis, and Peltocephalus. From the first (woodcut, p. 61) it is 
readily distinguished by the much longer vertebral hones. By the unfortunate 
absence of the pygal region and the greater part of the plastron, the best distinctive 
characters of several of these genera are not available. Podocnemis is, however, 
distinguished from the others by the great length of the band uniting the plastron 
with the carapace, and its thick shell ; in both of which respects the fossil agrees 
with it. Podocnemis contains, moreover, the largest living member of the family ; 
and both the young of P. expansa and the adult of P. dumeriliana are characterised 
by their tectiform carapace; in which respect they also agree with the fossil. 
The close resemblance in the general contour of the fossil carapace and that of the 
latter species has been already alluded to, and since I can find no points of generic 
distinction between the former and the existing species of Podocnemis, I think 
the fossil may be at least provisionally referred to that genus 1 with the name of 
P. indica. 

Podocnemis, it need scarcely be observed, is at the present day confined to 
South America ; but its occurrence, together with that of Platemys, in the lower 
eocene of Western India, and also in the corresponding formation of England, 
indicates that the original home of this group of fresh-water Chelonians was in the 
northern hemisphere of the Old World, from which they have been driven in all 
probability by the competition of the Bmydidce to find a home in the southern half 
of America. 


1 1 have not been able to compare the fossil with a recent Podornemis in which the horny shields have been stripped 
from the carapace. 






PLATE XII. 

Chelonia. 

Hemichelys Warthi, Lydekker ; fig. 1 the carapace, fig. 2 the left half of the plastron, fig. 3 
sculpture of the plastron ; from the lower eocene of Nila, Salt-Range. Indian Museum. 
Figs. 1, 2, i nat. size ; fig. 3 nat. size. N. nuchal bone. Page 62. 



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PLATE XIII. 

Chelonia. 

Podocnemis indica, Lydekker ; the carapace ; from the lower eocene of Nila, Salt-Range. Indian 
Museum. ? nat. size. Page 63. 


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